Accession number
PML 88855
Creator
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Published
New York : John Lane, 251 Fifth Avinue ; London : Blackie & Son Limited ; Manchester : Sherratt & Hughes, 1900.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Edinburgh T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty"--verso of t.p.
Combined New York - London edition with two illustrated title pages, printed in red and black.
"I have made use of all the English translations, but the basis of this book is Thomas Shelton's translation"--preface.
Numerous engraved illustrations and eleven full page color lithographs, including frontispiece, signed W.[alter] C.[rane]
Frontispiece and title pages depict Don Quixote with a copy of the Spanish romance, Amadis de Gaula.
Presentation copy with the author's good wishes to T[illegible] Wells, May 1901, signed Edward A. Parry.
Combined New York - London edition with two illustrated title pages, printed in red and black.
"I have made use of all the English translations, but the basis of this book is Thomas Shelton's translation"--preface.
Numerous engraved illustrations and eleven full page color lithographs, including frontispiece, signed W.[alter] C.[rane]
Frontispiece and title pages depict Don Quixote with a copy of the Spanish romance, Amadis de Gaula.
Presentation copy with the author's good wishes to T[illegible] Wells, May 1901, signed Edward A. Parry.
Description
[6], xii, 245, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., (some col.) (engravings, lithographs) ; 23.5 x 17 cm
Provenance
From the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Publisher's red pictorial bead-grain cloth, blocked in blue, brown, white, and black, signed W.C.
Classification
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