The History of Don Quixote Cervantes Gustave Dore Illustrated Large HC POOR

Cassell & Company. Large cloth bound hardcover of The History of Don Quixote by Cervantes.

This is a large quarto sized edition measuring approximately 12-inches tall by 10-inches wide. 855 pages.

POOR condition. The page block is completely detached from the covers. The front fly leaf through the frontispiece are detached and loose from the binding. Additionally, the last blank page and the rear fly leaf are similarly detached. The rest of the page block is still bound together. Book is complete. Interior pages are clean and crisp. Chipping to the spine crown and foot. Small pencil marking to the top right corner of the first blank page. Reading copy that is falling apart, filled with iconic illustrations.