1930 Nonesuch Press Edtn Ltd 982/1475 DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA By Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra Illus. E. McKnight Kauffer

1930 Nonesuch Press Edition
DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
The History of the Renowned Don Quixote de la Mancha
Illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer

A handsome two-volume Nonesuch Press edition of Cervantes' Don Quixote, one of the Press's most distinctive illustrated productions of the inter-war period. This is copy 982 of 1,475 sets, printed in England in 1930 on Casinensis handmade paper.
The text reproduces the seventh edition of Peter Motteux's translation, published in 1743 and extensively revised and corrected by John Ozell, with his explanatory notes drawn from English and Spanish editions.
The edition is particularly notable for its twenty-one illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer, printed in photogravure and stencil-coloured at the Curwen Press. Kauffer's bold modernist treatment gives this traditional text an unusually striking twentieth-century visual character.
By Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
 Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Limited Edition: 982/1475 Copies
Language: English

Published By: The Nonesuch Press, London

Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - A sound and attractive two-volume set in the original full natural niger morocco, with raised bands and maroon leather spine labels lettered in gilt.
Bindings with the characteristic uneven toning and variation often encountered in the natural leather used for this edition. Both boards show noticeable spotting, mottling and surface marking, with some darkening towards the extremities. Volume II has a conspicuous irregular darker mark to the lower spine. Light rubbing and handling wear to edges and extremities. Spine labels remain bright, complete and clearly legible.
Marbled endpapers present and attractive. The contents appear notably fresh and clean, with the Casinensis handmade paper remaining bright and crisp. The illustrated leaves shown retain strong colour and definition, and the untrimmed/deckled fore and lower edges preserve the character of the original production.
Twenty-one illustrations by E. McKnight Kauffer: eleven in Volume I and ten in Volume II, printed in photogravure and coloured by stencil at the Curwen Press.
A particularly attractive copy internally, the principal condition issues being the spotting, tonal variation and marking to the original leather bindings. The absence of the original marbled slipcase is noted.

Collation: Vol. I: ix, [1], 501, [3] pp.; 11 illustrated plates
Vol. II: vi, 548, [2] pp.; 10 illustrated plates

Please see Photos as part of condition report.

References:
Dreyfus, A History of the Nonesuch Press, no. 70
Morgan Library & Museum, PML 143235–36

Author Bio: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) was a Spanish novelist, playwright and poet whose Don Quixote, originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, became one of the foundational works of the modern European novel. Its combination of parody, realism, psychological observation and self-conscious storytelling has exerted an extraordinary influence on subsequent fiction.

Translator / Editor
The Nonesuch edition reproduces the 1743 seventh edition of Peter Anthony Motteux's English translation, revised anew, corrected and expanded by John Ozell, who also supplied explanatory notes derived from English and Spanish editions.

Illustrated By: E. McKnight Kauffer
Illustrator Bio: Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954) was an American-born artist and graphic designer who established his reputation in Britain and became one of the most influential commercial designers of the inter-war period. Particularly celebrated for his modernist posters for London Transport, Kauffer also worked extensively in book illustration and design.
His twenty-one illustrations for this Nonesuch Don Quixote combine strong graphic forms, expressive draughtsmanship and areas of stencil colour, bringing the visual language of modernist poster design into one of the canonical works of European literature.

Synopsis: Don Quixote follows Alonso Quixano, a country gentleman whose obsessive reading of romances of chivalry persuades him to reinvent himself as the knight-errant Don Quixote. Accompanied by his pragmatic squire Sancho Panza, he sets out across Spain in search of adventure, justice and heroic renown.
Cervantes continually sets Quixote's idealised vision against ordinary reality, producing episodes that are simultaneously comic, poignant and philosophical. The novel's famous encounters — including the attack on windmills Quixote imagines to be giants — form part of a much broader meditation on literature, imagination, identity and the uncertain boundary between fiction and life.
Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, Don Quixote has remained one of the most influential works in world literature and a defining text in the development of the modern novel.



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