Set Reminder2022-10-20 12:00:002022-10-20 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fine-books-manuscripts-including-americana-21941 Our fall book sale will be a major high spot for the department this year. We are offering several items that are only found institutionally including a presentation copy of the Bodley Head Ulysses signed by Joyce and a book owned by Ernest Shackleton that was taken by him on the Nimrod Expedition.
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de (1547-1616). [Don Quixote]. The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha. Edited by J. Ozell. London: J. Ozell for J. Knapton, [et al], 1733. 4 volumes, 12mo (165 x 95 mm). (Marginal tear to D9, else clean). Numerous engraved plates; 1pp. advertisement before title in Vol. I and 8pp. publisher?s ads at the end of Vol. IV. Full contemporary calf ruled twice in gilt, gilt fillets and numerals in compartments, dark red leather lettering?piece gilt in second compartments (joints rubbed with few spots of separation, some light wear at extreme ends). Provenance: Johan Chapman (early ownership signature). Sixth edition ?carefully revised and compared with the best edition of the original?. ESTC T59503.