The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha. To Which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author’s Life.
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel De; Translated by Tobias Smollett.
The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha. To Which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author’s Life.
First Edition of the Important Smollett Translation of Cervantes’ Masterpiece
London: A. Millar, T. Osborn, 1755.
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First edition of the important Smollett translation of Don Quixote, with 28 fine copper-engraved illustrations by Francis Hayman. Folio, 2 volumes. Bound in contemporary calf, gilt tooling to the spine, marble endpapers. All edges gilt. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the extremities. A handsome copy.
Cervantes's masterpiece Don Quixote , Henry Fielding's favorite novel, was also much admired by Fielding's contemporary Tobias Smollett, who published a vigorous, highly readable translation in 1755, which continues to be read today. "Smollett's translation is historically important, for it is one of the principal versions in which Cervantes’ novel was known to several generations of English and American readers" (Thomas Hart). Its illustrator, Francis Hayman "was the most proficient English illustrator of his time, and this is his best book" (Ray, 5).
