The History of Don Quixote 1880 Cervantes Gustave Dore Illustrated Large HC POOR

Cassell & Company, 1880. Antiquarian large cloth bound hardcover of The History of Don Quixote by Cervantes.

Note that the publication date is not printed in the book. It is estimated to be circa 1880-1890 based on the binding style and printing conventions from the same period.

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. Antiquarian reading copy that is falling apart, filled with classic illustrations.