[CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE]. The Exemplary Novels. To Which are added El Buscapie, or, The Serpent; and La Tia Fingida, or, The Pretended Aunt. Translated from the Spanish by Walter K. Kelly. London: Henry G. Bohn, MDCCCLV. [1855].
First edition thus. Hardcover. Leather-bound. Octavo (190 x 115 mm.), pp. [viii], 484. English text of Walter K. Kelly. Stunning contemporary full blue leather signed by Tout. Spine and boards gilt ruled and tooled. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half-title. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Printed by Petter and Galpin. Contents: The Lady Cornelia. -- Rinconete and Cortadillo. -- The Licentiate Vidriera. -- The Deceitful Marriage. -- Dialogue Between Scipio and Berganza. -- The Little Gipsy Girl. -- The Generous Lover. -- The Spanish-English Lady. -- The Force of Blood. -- The Jealous Estramaduran. -- The Illustrious Scullery-Maid. -- The Two Damsels. -- The Serpent. -- The Pretended Aunt. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure with the hinges perfectly intact. Covers and contents very well preserved. Some faint brown spot to fore edge. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown.
