Gustave Doré’s Don Quixote, Volume 1: with beautiful full-colour illustrations

Don Quixote’s determination to live a life of medieval chivalry leads him and his squire Sancho Panza through a hilarious sequence of fantastical adventures.More than 160 superb illustrations by Gustave DoréIncluding 50 illustrations beautifully recreated in full colour specially for this editionTranslated into English by John OrmsbyLarge format (8.25x11 in)High quality 90 gsm paperThis is Volume 1 of 2The book’s author, Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), is universally recognised as one of the greatest writers in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. Don Quixote is his best-known novel and is often cited as “the first great novel of world literature”. First published in 1605, it is one of the most translated books in the world and one of the best-selling novels of all time. This is Volume 1 of 2.This orrydian edition follows John Ormsby’s translation of 1885, and includes more than 160 superb illustrations by Gustave Doré, created originally for a French edition of 1863. More than 50 of the illustrations have been sensitively and expertly recreated in colour specially for this edition.Other works with illustrations by Doré, recreated in full-colour by Michael Richard Hinton, published by orrydian and available on Amazon, include:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ISBN 979- 8392017218The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe, ISBN 979-8397371063Blue Beard and other fairy tales, by Michael Richard Hinton, ISBN 979-8877429444Dante’s Divine Comedy: Inferno, ISBN 979-8389896611Dante’s Divine Comedy: Purgatorio, ISBN 979-8390498316Dante’s Divine Comedy: Paradiso, ISBN 979-8390501207Paradise Lost, by John Milton, ISBN 979-8392095025Gustave Doré’s Bible: The Old Testament, ISBN 979-8397191159Gustave Doré’s Bible: The New Testament, ISBN 979-8394485282Idylls of the King, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ISBN 979-8399640716Gustave Doré’s Don Quixote, Volume 1, by Miguel de Cervantes. ISBN 979-8857296479Gustave Doré’s Don Quixote, Volume 2, by Miguel de Cervantes. ISBN 979-8857297889Mayhem in the Middle East, ISBN 979-8321918432The Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, ISBN 979-8854975513www.orrydian.co.ukwww.orrydian.com Read more