Don Quixote - Past Cushing Exhibits - Texas A&M University
Don Quixote - Past Cushing Exhibits - Texas A&M University
Don Quixote - Past Cushing Exhibits - Texas A&M University
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William Hogarth’s Illustrations for the <strong>Quixote</strong>. March 1798.<br />
20<br />
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A very rare<br />
collection of nine<br />
illustrations by<br />
Hogarth, engraved<br />
by I. Mills and W. Skelton. Plate #1<br />
appeared in the Tonson 1738 edition<br />
(#3), and plates #3-#8 were designed<br />
by Hogarth for the same edition but<br />
not included. #2 “The Inn-Keeper”<br />
is unfi nished, athough the fi gure<br />
appears in illustration #4 in Tonsons’<br />
edition; #9 “Sancho’s Feast” was<br />
done separately c1725. They appear<br />
in vol. 3, Hogarth Illustrated by John<br />
Ireland, London: J & J Boydell,<br />
1791-1798. Hogarth was the most<br />
important artist/engraver in 18thcentury<br />
England.<br />
<strong>Don</strong> Quichotte de la Manche. Traduit de l’espagnol de Michel de<br />
21 Cervantès par Florian.<br />
Paris: P. Didot l’Aîné,<br />
1799.<br />
3 volumes.<br />
London: J.<br />
& J. Boydell,<br />
1798.<br />
First edition of Florian’s French translation.<br />
This abridged text is excellently printed. It was<br />
republished numerous times and a Continuation<br />
was later added. <strong>Cushing</strong>’s copy includes<br />
twenty-three illustrations by Lefèvre and J.<br />
J. F. Lebarbier, engraved by L. J. Masquelier,<br />
Godefroy, C. S. Gaucher, L. M. Halbou, Coiny<br />
and Dumbrun. Each volume contains a<br />
bookplate belonging to Victor Albert George<br />
Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey.