{"product_id":"1895-don-quixote-4-4-vol-1st-brangwyn-edition","title":"1895 Don Quixote, 4\/4 Vol 1st Brangwyn Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffered is a beautiful complete four-volume set of \u003cspan data-start=\"373\" data-end=\"454\"\u003eThe History of the Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of the Mancha\u003c\/span\u003e by \u003cspan data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"481\"\u003eMiguel de Cervantes\u003c\/span\u003e, translated by \u003cspan data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"515\"\u003eThomas Shelton\u003c\/span\u003e, published by \u003cspan data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"556\"\u003eGibbings \u0026amp; Co., London\u003c\/span\u003e, with J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, \u003cspan data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"607\"\u003e1895\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThis is the celebrated\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"671\"\u003eFrank Brangwyn illustrated edition\u003c\/span\u003e, featuring an introduction by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"728\"\u003eJustin Huntly McCarthy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand decorative Arts \u0026amp; Crafts bindings. The colophon states:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"876\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"876\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\"Fifteen Hundred Copies printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd., December 31st, 1895.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eA handsome Victorian edition and one of the most attractive illustrated editions of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"975\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eproduced during the late nineteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-section-id=\"5ufj0k\" data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1046\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1092\"\u003eMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra \u003c\/span\u003eis widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in world literature and is often called the father of the modern novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eHis life was as remarkable as his fiction. Cervantes served as a soldier in the Spanish navy and fought in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1355\"\u003eBattle of Lepanto\u003c\/span\u003e, where he was severely wounded, permanently losing the use of his left hand. On his return to Spain, he was captured by Barbary pirates and spent\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1540\"\u003efive years in captivity in Algiers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebefore being ransomed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eDrawing upon a lifetime of hardship, adventure, and keen observation of human nature, Cervantes published\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"1671\" data-end=\"1686\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein two parts. The novel transformed literature by combining satire, humour, psychological depth, and realism, influencing generations of writers from Henry Fielding and Charles Dickens to Fyodor Dostoevsky, Mark Twain, and James Joyce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eToday,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1946\" data-end=\"1959\"\u003eDon Quixote\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis considered one of the greatest novels ever written and remains one of the most translated and widely read works in history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-section-id=\"1ltiy0q\" data-start=\"147\" data-end=\"200\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eFrank Brangwyn:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the defining features of this edition is its illustrations by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"271\" data-end=\"293\"\u003eSir Frank Brangwyn\u003c\/span\u003e, one of Britain's most celebrated artists and designers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Belgium to British parents, Brangwyn established an international reputation as a painter, printmaker, muralist, architect, and book illustrator. His bold compositions, dramatic use of light, and energetic style earned him commissions throughout Europe and the United States, and his works are now represented in major museums around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-section-id=\"wa7tsq\" data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2114\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eAbout This Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2116\" data-end=\"2476\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"au9az6\" data-start=\"2116\" data-end=\"2139\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePublished in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2131\" data-end=\"2139\"\u003e1895\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1qe1s5v\" data-start=\"2140\" data-end=\"2170\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eComplete in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2154\" data-end=\"2170\"\u003efour volumes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"f3pwxp\" data-start=\"2171\" data-end=\"2222\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eOriginal publisher's decorated red cloth bindings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1m2x103\" data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2269\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIllustrated throughout by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-start=\"2251\" data-end=\"2269\"\u003eFrank Brangwyn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1h7vx9h\" data-start=\"2270\" data-end=\"2310\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eIntroduction by Justin Huntly McCarthy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"oiwy3w\" data-start=\"2311\" data-end=\"2370\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eThomas Shelton's historic English translation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"rzg8g0\" data-start=\"2371\" data-end=\"2404\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ePrinted by Morrison \u0026amp; 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