Antique Leather Gilt Books Set Don Quixote of the Mancha
One of the best stories ever told! 4 volume complete set of Don Quixote of the Mancha Translated by Thomas Shelton. Introduction by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly. London: Published by David Nutt, 1896. This set is bound by W. Roach NY (signed on verso of front endpaper) in ¾ dark sea blue morocco leather over marble boards with matching endpapers. Top edges gilt. The spine has raised compartments with elegant gilt centres of flowers and lettering. There is quite a bite of edge wear especially to the leather but the binding is tight and clean and the text block is very good. Each volume is 6 1/4" X 8 1/4" with an average of 250-275 PPS per volume. The original "Don Quixote" (i.e., the first of its two parts) was published in 1605, and it has been one of the world's great books ever since. It was translated quickly into several languages, including English: Thomas Shelton translated Part I in 1612 and Part II in 1620. His versions are used in this "Tudor Translations" edition (which bases its text of Part I on the rare 1612 version instead of the more commonly reprinted 1620 edition). Almost nothing is known of Shelton, who boasted that he translated Part I in a space of 40 days. Hasty or not, his translation conveyed the charm of the original and has deeply influenced subsequent English versions. The commentary written by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly (1857-1923). This Scotch-Irish scholar learned the rudiments of Spanish from a schoolmate and continued to learn the language through reading "Don Quixote," which ever remained his favorite book. As a young man, he served as a tutor in Spain, and he later became a professor of Spanish literature, holding, appropriately, the Cervantes chair at King's College, London. In his day, he was the leading English authority in his field.
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