Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1587-1616). The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. John Phillips, translator. London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687.

Folio (311 x 191 mm). 9 engraved plates including frontispiece. (Dampstaining near gutter throughout, some at margins, frontispiece reinserted and with few marginal repairs, some marginal toning, tiny marginal worm holes to leaves near end.) Early calf, ruled in gilt (early rebacking in sheep, extremes rubbed). Provenance: Henry John Sperling (armorial bookplate); C. Hardyman (inked name on title); Eliza Cranmer (early signature on title).

FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN ENGLISH and the first edition of John Phillips's translation. Phillips (1631-1706) was the nephew and godson of John Milton (1608-1674), and his translation is only the second into English, following Thomas Shelton's in 1612 (part one only) and 1620 (first complete edition). ESTC R25756; Palau 52465; Wing C1774A.

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1587-1616). The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. John Phillips, translator. London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687.

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Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1587-1616). The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. John Phillips, translator. London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687.

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