The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

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Creator

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Title

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha

Coverage

London

Publisher

J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley

Date

1742

Subject

2 vols.

Description

First edition of the highly praised “Jarvis translation” of Don Quixote. (The translator’s last name is misspelled on the title-page.) Charles Jervas (1675-1739) was an Irish portrait painter active in the literary circles surrounding Pope and Swift. His translation of Cervantes’s most famous work is lavishly illustrated with 68 engravings by John Vanderbank (1694-1739) and a frontispiece portrait of the author by George Vertue (1684-1756).

Contributor

Translated by Charles Jarvis [i.e. Jervas]