The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote La Mancha, Cervantes 4v 1883 Signed binding

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The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. A Translation With Introduction and Notes by John Ormsby, Translator of the “Poem of the Cid.” In Four Vols. Signed binding of R.W. Smith. Author: Cervantes, Saavedra Miguel De and John Ormsby (Trans.) 8vo.(5.625″x 8.625″) 4 volumes. Cervantes, Saavedra Miguel De and John Ormsby (Trans.) New York: Macmillan And Co. 1883. Half tan polished calf with corners, double blindstamp rule to leather edges, over marbled boards. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title/author on gilt framed brown leather to second compartment, gilt translator/vol# on gilt framed tan leather to third compartment, fancy floral gilt frames with centered gilt vase device to all others, gilt rule to head and foot. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Bound by R.W. Smith, signed on front free flyleaf. Dampstain to first and last few pages of each volume, affecting text of title page (see pic). Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss head and foot of spine chipped with small loss to heads of vol. I, III (see pic). Leather scuffed, primarily to corners, edges. Several pages uncut within each volume. All in all a beautiful set of books. Engraved title pages, engraved map to vol.I, appendices comprise The Proverbs of Don Quixote, The Spanish Romances of Chivalry, and a Bibliography of Don Quixote. From Wiki: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish: [miˈɣel de θeɾˈβantes saaˈβeðɾa]; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world’s pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work often cited as both the first modern novel and “the first great novel of world literature”. A 2002 poll of 100 well-known authors voted it the “most meaningful book of all time”, from among the “best and most central works in world literature”. His first significant novel, titled La Galatea, was published in 1585, but he continued to work as a purchasing agent, and later as a government tax collector. Part One of Don Quixote was published in 1605, and Part Two in 1615. Other works include the 12 Novelas ejemplares (Exemplary Novels); a long poem, the Viaje del Parnaso (Journey to Parnassus); and Ocho comedias y ocho entremeses (Eight Plays and Eight Interludes). Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda (The Travails of Persiles and Sigismunda), was published posthumously in 1616. We are currently putting all 5000+ titles online, but if there is a specific title you are looking for, please reach out to sidekerbookseller at gmail.com, we may just have it! Free shipping via USPS for United State purchaser within the continental U.S., International shipping determined using USPS Priority Express, DHL, FedEx, or Parcel Monkey. Sonny Ideker Bookseller is located within City Antiques in Historic Roswell, Georgia at 700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA. 30076. We would love to have you visit, or email us at sidekerbookseller at gmail.com for specific wants or needs, thanks! Find Us On: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sonny-Ideker-Bookseller-Rare-Antiquarian-Leather-Vellum-Bound-Books-100068669041560/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SonnyIdekerBookseller/about Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sonny_ideker_bookseller Flickr: https://flic.kr/ps/2v6pn4 Website: https://sonnyideker.weebly.com/ Antique Books, Old Leather Book, Old Vellum Book, Decorative Binding, Antiquarian Book, Vintage decorative, Ancient Leather, Rare Books, four volumes, leather bound, Signed binding, R.W. Smith, Engraved title page, Half polished calf, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, heavy gilt decoration, four volumes, Biography of Quixote, Decorative Books, Decorative Leather, Beautiful Decorative Book