18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha ... Translated from the Original by Several Hands, and publish'd by Peter Motteux ... The Third Edition, London: for Sam. Buckley, 1712. 4 volumes, 12mo (151 x 85 mm), 20th-century marbled calf gilt to style by Bayntun, twin morocco labels, [8] vi [10] 323 [1], [10] 327-632 [1], [10] 635-953 [1], [12] 955-1322 pp., 16 engraved folding plates, craquelure to covers, moderate browning, occasional spotting and old staining, part of text on p. 616 faintly printed (qty: 4)
ESTC T59510 (12 copies world-wide; no specific number of plates is cited for this edition, but 16 appears to be the correct count based on commercial records).
Sold for £550
Estimated at £300 - £500
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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