The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis [sic], Esq; In two volumes.

All titles

• The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra. By Charles Jarvis [sic], Esq; In two volumes.
• Don Quixote. English (Jervas)

People / Organizations

• Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, MDCCXLII. [1742]

Added name

Jervas, Charles, approximately 1675-1739, translator.; Mayáns y Siscar, Gregorio, 1699-1781. Vida de Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. English. ; J. and R. Tonson, bookseller.

Publication year

1742

ESTC No.

T59882

Grub Street ID

285833

Description

2v. : ill. ; 4°.

Note

The translation was by Charles Jervas, whose name was consistently misspelled on editions of his translation as "Jarvis"

Includes a reimpression of: 'The life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra. Written by Don Gregorio Mayáns & Siscár', London, printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1738 (ESTC T98502)

Some copies contain 'A supplement to the translator's preface', more commonly known as 'A dissertation on the origin of books of chivalry', by William Warburton; this is [8]p., signed *b4, inserted after p. [xxiv] in vol. 1.