02-14-201302-14-2013
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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
February 14, 2013 10:00 AMCalender
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Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616) The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote.

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Auction: Discovery - 2637MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: February 14, 2013 10:00AM

Description:

Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1616)The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote. trans. Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) London: for Osborne, Hitch, Hawes, et al., 1765.
12mo, in four volumes, third edition of this translation, illustrated with a frontispiece in volume one, and twenty-seven full-paged engravings in the text by Hayman; text page 289/290 in volume two torn with loss of the middle third, two or three pages with loss of a corner, occasional spotting and toning to text, in contemporary calf, spine labels missing, most boards detached.
Estimate $200-400


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Keywords

London, Tobias Smollett