Cervantes, Don-Quixote. Ashendene. 2 Bde Ashendene Press. - Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. The History

Cervantes, Don-Quixote. Ashendene. 2 Bde Ashendene Press. - Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish by Thomas Shelton. 2 Bde. Chelsea, Ashendene Press, 1927-28. Gr.-fol. (43,5:32 cm). Mit Holzschn.-Initialen u. -Bordüren nach Entwürfen von Louise Powell. XIII, 268 S., 1 Bl.; X, 256 S., 1 Bl. Or.-Schweinsldr. mit goldgepr. Rtit. (sign. W. H. Smith & Son), leicht fleckig u. berieben, in Lwd.-Schubern. Ransom 206, 39; Tomkinson 8 ("In preparation"); Ford-Lansing 58. - Eins von 225 Exemplaren auf Papier (GA. 245). Der erste Druck in der neuen Ptolemäus-Type, in Rot und Schwarz. - Schnitt leicht stockfleckig. One of 225 copies on paper, out of a total edition of 245 copies. Printed in red and black in the new Ptolemy type, modelled on type used by F. Holle of Ulm in the printing of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' in 1482. With woodcut initials and decorative borders designed by Louise Powell. - Light foxing to edges. - Original full pigskin (W. H. Smith & Son), a bit rubbed and spotted, housed in cloth slipcases.