The history of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his trusty squire Sancho Pancha. . Now made English according to the humour of our modern language. And adorned with copper plates. By J. P.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3106574
Summary
Bibliographic description
[18],132,135-291,[1],295-368,375-376,369-374,377-616, [4]p., 9 leaves of plates . ill.. . fol.. Imperfect: wanting one plate and final leaf. Pagination: [18], 132, 135-291, [1], 295-616, [4] p., [8] leaves of plates. manuscript price[?] in pencil on front pastedown: "25/-". manuscript marginal notes on pp. 44-46, 181-183. manuscript verse on rectos of plates following p. 416 and 448.. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate: Ex libris Rudyard Kipling AD 1894 [i.e. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)]. manuscript inscription on front endpaper: "R.K. [i.e. Rudyard Kipling] d.d. [i.e. dono dedit] O.R.B. 1922".. Binding: Nineteenth-century half-bound calf, with marbled paper boards; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) John Phillips (1631-1706)