The First [- Second] Part of the History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. Translated out of the Spanish by Thomas Shelton
Ashendene Press. Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Shelley House, Chelsea. The Ashendene Press. 1927; 1928
The beautiful Ashendene 'Don Quixote'.
From the edition limited to 245 copies, with this one of 225 copies on Batchelor paper; in addition 20 copies were issued on vellum.
One of the masterpieces of the Ashendene Press, this is the first Ashendene Press book printed in Ptolemy type, designed after Holle’s 1482 edition of the Geographia.
Overall a very good copy of this beautiful Ashendene; although the bindings are very slightly worn and the labels to the spines somewhat toned, the contents remain crisp and clean.
'These two volumes forming one complete work were the first to be printed in my new Ptolemy type ... The book is printed in double columns and the chapter-headings and shoulder-notes, and also small portions of the text, are printed in red. A noteworthy feature of the book are the initials and borders designed by Mrs. Alfred Powell, which show great variety and skill.' (Ashendene Bibliography).
[Ashendene XXXVI].
From the edition limited to 245 copies, with this one of 225 copies on Batchelor paper; in addition 20 copies were issued on vellum.
One of the masterpieces of the Ashendene Press, this is the first Ashendene Press book printed in Ptolemy type, designed after Holle’s 1482 edition of the Geographia.
Overall a very good copy of this beautiful Ashendene; although the bindings are very slightly worn and the labels to the spines somewhat toned, the contents remain crisp and clean.
'These two volumes forming one complete work were the first to be printed in my new Ptolemy type ... The book is printed in double columns and the chapter-headings and shoulder-notes, and also small portions of the text, are printed in red. A noteworthy feature of the book are the initials and borders designed by Mrs. Alfred Powell, which show great variety and skill.' (Ashendene Bibliography).
[Ashendene XXXVI].
pp. xiii, 268, (i); x, 256, (i). 2 vols. Folio. (440 x 315 mm). Text printed in double columns with chapter headings and shoulder notes in red, border and initials designed by Louise Powell and cut on wood by W.M. Quick and Geo. H. Ford, final leaf in each vol. with large woodcut Ashendene device in red, colophon and justification. Original publisher's cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards, white paper labels with titles in black to spine, later cloth slipcase.
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