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Edmund Gayton. Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot.
London: Printed by
William Hunt, 1654.
First edition of the fi rst commentary based on
the Quixote: a four part miscellaneous volume
in verse and prose. It includes humorous
anecdotes and quotations from li le-known
contemporaries. Though Shakespeare is thrice
mentioned, Gayton regarded Ben Jonson as his
intellectual father.
Parte Primera y Segvnda del ingenioso hidalgo D. Quixote de la
Mancha. Compuesta por Migvel de Cervantes Saavedra.
Madrid: Por Melchor
Sánchez, 1655.
2 volumes in 1.
Third Spanish edition in one volume of both
parts of the Quixote. It is based on the Madrid
1637 edition, which is the fi rst combined edition
of Part I and Part II. The only illustration is a
small vigne e found on the dedication page.
Bound in original vellum, Cushing’s copy is the
only known library copy in the United States.
The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And
his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha [sic]. Now made
English according to the Humour of our Modern
Language, And Adorned with several Copper
Plates. Translated by John Phillips.
London: Printed by Tho.
Hodgkin, 1687.
1 volume.
First edition of John
Phillips’ English translation
and fi rst illustrated edition
published in England.
It includes fourteen
anonymous copperplate
engravings. The binding of
Cushing’s copy is modern,
and the frontispiece and
title page are in facsimile.
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