Two volumes uniformly bound by Riviere & Son in full red marbled calf, triple fillet border stamped in gilt, elaborate gilt ornament and brown morocco labels with gilt lettering to spine, all edge gilt, gilt dentelles.

Vol. 1:

Title page: 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, Esq; | IN TWO VOLUMES. | {single rule} | VOLUME the FIRST. | {double rule} | LONDON: | Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and | R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. | {single rule} | M DCC XLII ||

Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xxxii, [i-iii] iv-vi, [2], [1] 2-90, [14], [1] 2-355 [356]; 500 pages total + ils.

Collation: 4to; 250 leaves; A⁴ a-b⁴ c-d², A⁴, a-l⁴ m² n⁴ o², B-Z₄, Aa-Yy⁴ Z², ils.

Illustrations: 27 full-page copperplate engravings, incl. frontispiece (skillfully repaired), portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue After G. Kent and a fictional portrait of Don Quixote by George Vertue after John Vanderbank.

Vol. 2:

Title page: 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, Esq; | {single rule} | VOLUME the SECOND. | {double rule} | LONDON: | Printed for J. and R. Tonson in the Strand, and | R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. | {single rule} | M DCC XLII ||

Pagination: [i-iii] iv-xii, [1] 2-388; 400 pages total + ils.

Collation: 4to; 200 leaves; A⁴ a² B-Z⁴ Aa-Zz⁴ Aaa-Ccc⁴ Ddd², ils.

Illustrations:41 full-page copperplate engravings, pl. 29 (as frontispieces) precedes pl. 28.

Contributors:

Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish, 1547 – 1616)

Translator: Charles Jervas (British, 1675 – 1739)

Author: Cervantes biography by Gregorio Mayans y Siscar (Spanish, 1699 – 1781)

Translator: Cervantes biography by John Ozell (British, d. 1743)

Illustrator: John Vanderbank, the younger (British, 1694 – 1739)

Artist: (Cervantes portrait): G. Kent (British, fl. 1738 – 1742)

Engravers: Gerard Vandergucht (British, 1696 – 1776); George Vertue (British, 1684 – 1756); Bernard Baron (French, 1696 – 1762); Claude Du Bosc (French, 1682 – 1746 or later)

Publishers: J. and R. Tonson (London); Robert Dodsley (British, 1703 – 1764)

Catalogue raisonné: Lewine p. 102

Reference: Metropolitan Museum (New York)