Smollett, T Miguel De Cervantes. The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, Translated from the Spanish of Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. To Which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life. Volume II. J Walker J Johnson, London, 1809.

Price: US$57.82 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: 32mo loss of some leather to spine. Bookplate of archibald bulloch

Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom

Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra (Translated by Charles Jarvis). The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha (2 Volume Set). S.A and H. Oddy, London, 1809.

Price: US$166.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good two volume set in original bindings. Illustrated with engraved plates (fold out map is missing). Three-quarter calf binding with gilt lettering to spine and marbled boards. Joints cracked and some loss to spines and ends bumped but overall bindings holding together very nicely. Engraved Title Page and full Title Page present in both volumes. Contents in generally very good condition with a few pages stained/ foxed. Original bookseller label to endpaper 'J. Moodie Miller, Bookseller, 2 Lindsay Place, Edinburgh.' .

Seller: Windsor Rare Books, Windsor, BERKS, United Kingdom

Cervantes, Miguel De Saavedra; Charles Jarvis (translator). The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de La Mancha. S.A. And H. Oddy, London, 1809.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two volumes, complete. Full polished calf, morocco title labels, gilt titles and decoration, embossed boards, (8.5 x 5.5 inches). xxiv, 572 and viii,623 pages; illustrated with coloured folding map, engraved portrait frontis, and engraved plates. A revised and corrected edition to which is added "A Life of the Author." Shows chipping to title label on volume two, some overall wear and rubbing, typical and expected light page toning and foxing, remains a handsomely bound set of a classic work Size: Octavo

Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

(Cervantes) Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. W. Lewis for S. A. and H. Oddy, 1809.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Does not contain fold-out map. Brown calf leather, rebound, five raised bands, two volumes. Corners are scuffed and slightly rounded, covers show some modest surface scuffing, spine sunfaded but very clean, endpapers and first few pages are foxed a bit. otherwise a nice set, clean and attractive, with a solid binding and clean pages internally.

Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra [translated by Charles Jarvis]. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha [2 volume set]. London. S.A. and H. Oddy, 1809.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 2 volume set in 19th century bindings. Three quarters leather with marbled paper over boards. Front cover of the first volume is nearly detached. 572 pages. Engraved title page and portrait of Cervantes. Folding map present and in good condition opposite page xxiv. 6 additional plates. Volume 2 has been rebacked with the original leather laid down over the repair. Book opens very stiffly now. It clearly hasn't been read (or even much opened) since the repair was done. 623 pages. Engraved title page and 8 additional plages. Text blocks good and tight. Page edges good a square. Some foxing to the plates and a few of the pages. This is considered to be the first good translation of the work. Previous owner's name and address (California, 1917) on blank page added at the front when this binding was put on. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.

Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra - Charles Jarvis, Translator. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote De La Mancha Two Volume Set. S A and H Oddy, London, 1809.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: spines dry and flaking, some rubbing to the covers

Seller: Robert S. Brooks, Bookseller, Bristol, WI, U.S.A.

Cervantes, Miguel de Saavedra [translated by Charles Jarvis]. The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha [2 volume set in Riviere bindings]. London. S.A. and H. Oddy, 1809.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 volume set (complete) in slipcase. Both volumes in matching three quarters leather bindings (green leather with green cloth) by Riviere & Sons. Housed in a green boards slipcase. Books are in very good condition. Spines are faded two tones towards brown (from original green) from exposure to light. First signs of wear to the hinges showing now, but boards are all firmly attached. Top edge gilt. Bindings signed on verso of marbled endpapers. Pages clean and square, binding tight. Wide margins. Both volume have early 20th century bookplates tucked inside the front covers & rectangular smudges on the inside front covers where the paste has dried up and the bookplates have popped off. 572 pages and 623 pages. There are 7 plates in the first volume and 10 in the second (including frontis). A very attractive set of this early translation. The slipcase is the same green as the leather, but it is lightweight cardstock. Please email with questions or to request photos.

Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Translated by Tobias Smollett. The History And Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote Translated From The Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra By Tobias Smollett, M.D. To Which Is Prefixed, Some Account Of The Author’s Life In Two Volumes [J Walker Edition – Quarter Leather Binding]. London: Printed For J. Walker and others, 1809.

Price: US$577.20 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: London: Printed For J. Walker and others, 1809, J Walker Edition. Two volumes, quarter leather binding, gilt titles, gilt bands, frontispiece to both volumes and all page edges untrimmed. Collated and complete. The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote, translated from Spanish by Tobias Smollett. Vol. I – xxiv, 562pp Vol. II – viii, 598pp. A relatively scarce edition with only 5 recorded in British Libraries on COPAC. Approximately 6 inches tall by just over 3 inches wide. Condition Report Externally Spine – good condition – gilt titles on decorative gilt edged red labels, gilt bands, decorative gilt band across the bottom of each spine. Joints – good condition – gently rubbed. Corners – good condition. Boards – good condition – quarter blue leather and marbled boards. Page edges – good condition – all tanned, foxed and untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – good condition – sound. Paste downs – good condition – plain. End papers – good condition – plain, lightly tanned with some foxing in Vol. I. Title – good condition – illustrated title page in each volume followed by a letterpress title page, both are tanned and foxed. Pages – good condition – frontispiece in each volume, page sized are uneven, tanned and gently foxed. Binding – good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1809 Binding: Hardback

Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom