The history of Don Quixote.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1865
Materials
Paper, Leather, Cloth
Measurements
323 x 262 x 75 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Townend, Cumbria
NT 3075961
Summary
Printed book half-bound in leather (gold-tooled spine) over false raised bands with cloth sides. Sewn on two vellum tapes – the ends adhered to the insides of the boards. Endbands – cloth covered leather strips. Textblock edges red. Yellow endpapers. Pp 370. Boxed.
Bibliographic description
xxviii,737p. . ill.. . fol.. Provenance: Binders' label on front pastedown (loose): 'Bound by G. & W. J. Browne 1867' [i.e. George Browne, 1834-1914, and William Jackson Browne, bookbinder].. Binding: Quarter bound grey cloth binding; gilt tooling on spine. The boards are becoming loose and some of the leaves are detached. Stored in phase box.
Makers and roles
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) John Willis Clark (1833-1910) Gustave Doré (Strasbourg 1832 - Paris 1883) Charles Jarvis (1788-1865) Peter Anthony Motteaux (1660-1718) Thomas Teignmouth Shore (1841-1911)