1822 Don Quixote, new edition with Copius Notes and Life of Author. Complete in five volumes. Miguel de Cervantes.

Cervantes' classic work, The History of the Ingenious Gentleman, Don Quixote of La Mancha. This "new edition" translated from the Spanish by Motteux, with "copius notes; and an Essay on the Life and Writings of Cervantes". Complete in five volumes.

This is the slightly rarer Edinburgh edition of this work (also printed for London). This edition contains both Part 1 and Part 2.

About the Work -

"Don Quixote is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote is the most influential work of literature from the Spanish Golden Age and the entire Spanish literary canon. As a founding work of modern Western literature, it regularly appears high on lists of the greatest works of fiction ever published, such as the Bokklubben World Library collection that cites Don Quixote as the authors' choice for the 'best literary work ever written'."

"The story follows the adventures of a noble (hidalgo) named Alonso Quixano who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant (caballero andante), reviving chivalry and serving his country, under the name Don Quixote de la Mancha. He recruits a simple farmer, Sancho Panza, as his squire, who often employs a unique, earthy wit in dealing with Don Quixote's rhetorical orations on antiquated knighthood. Don Quixote, in the first part of the book, does not see the world for what it is and prefers to imagine that he is living out a knightly story." - Wikipedia

Physical Attributes -

Boards measure approx. 19.5 x 12 cm. The set is about 12 cm wide. The spine are leather, with five lightly raised bands. The boards are hardcover and decorated with marbled paper. The corners are leather. "Don Quixote" and the volume are in gilt on the spine; the other spine compartments have a central flower. Top edges are gilt. Marbled endpapers. Pages, 366, 328, 350, 331 and 355.

Condition -

See pictures. Five of the joints/hinges have been repaired. A sympathetic repair but the glue did leave some darkening at the joints. Some edge wear and shelf wear, with occasional rub marks. Marbled papers of repaired joints have japanese paper tissue strips at hinges. Some writing on the back of V1 flyleaf. An occasional foxing spot. A very occasional thumb mark. No writing. A good working/reading copy.