The history and adventures of the renowned Don Quixote /translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra by Tobias Smollett ; introduction and notes by Martin C. Battestin ; the text edited by O M Brack, Jr.
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, (c)2003.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
This authoritative textual edition presents Tobias Smollett's translation of Cervantes's Don Quixote in the form most faithful to Smollett's own intentions. It includes Francis Hayman's twenty-eight illustrations engraved for the original edition, Smollett's explanatory notes, and his prefatory ""Life of Cervantes."". Smollett's Don Quixote first appeared in 1755 and was for many years the most popular English-language version of Cervantes's masterpiece. However, soon after the start of the nineteenth century, its reputation began to suffer. Rival translators, literary hucksters, and careless.