The History of Don Quixote
by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De; Clark, J.W. (Ed); Shore, T.Teignmouth (Biography)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin [2], 737pp, [1], n.d. c.1871. Rebound in half morocco and comb and curl marbled paper over boards, raised bands, spine in six panels, leather title label to second panel. Externally very good. Text lightly browned throughout though clean. Title in red and black, with many full page and in text illustrations engraved by Pisan after Dore. Ashbee 247; Seris has a Cassell, Petter and Galpin 8vo edition of 1871, see Seris 131. Reprint. Hardback. Good+. Illus. by Dore, Gustave. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001489
- Title
- The History of Don Quixote
- Author
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel De; Clark, J.W. (Ed); Shore, T.Teignmouth (Biography)
- Illustrator
- Dore, Gustave
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Cassell, Petter, and Galpin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- Folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dore, Cervantes
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Folio
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
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- Reprint
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.