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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 />

- 20 -<br />

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.

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