Motteux, Peter Anthony 1660-1718

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( Book )
226 editions published between 1700 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,499 libraries worldwide
Tells the adventures of an eccentric hidalgo who adopted the name of Don Quixote de la Mancha, when his brain had become so addled from reading too many romances on knighthood. Don Quixote has known most of the misfortunes that can befall a man and has yet remained of good humor and stout heart.

Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais ( Book )
78 editions published between 1664 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 2,415 libraries worldwide

The works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick : containing five books of the lives, heroick deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his sonne Pantagruel : together with the Pantagrueline Prognostication, the Oracle of the Divine Bacbuc, and response of the bottle : Hereunto are annexed the Navigations unto the Sounding Isle and the Isle of the Apedefts, as likewise the Philosophical cream with a Limosin Epistle all done by François Rabelais ( Book )
15 editions published between 1900 and 1948 in English and held by 279 libraries worldwide
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.

The rape of Europa by Jupiter (1694) ; and, Acis and Galatea (1701) by Peter Anthony Motteux ( Book )
2 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 253 libraries worldwide

The works of Rabelais by François Rabelais ( Book )
11 editions published between 1851 and 1983 in English and held by 213 libraries worldwide

The complete works of Doctor François Rabelais, abstractor of the quintessence; being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and of the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel: the whole faithfully rendered into English by François Rabelais ( Book )
6 editions published between 1927 and 1933 in English and held by 192 libraries worldwide
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satire ridiculing the educational and religious establishment of Rabelais' time.

The adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Leighton Barret ( Book )
1 edition published in 1939 in English and held by 150 libraries worldwide
An abridged retelling of the classic story of a Spaniard who fancied chivalrous behavior, named his swayback stallion Rosinante--which means the best horse of all--chose for himself a lady love, and went off thirsting for adventure.

The works of Francis Rabelais by François Rabelais ( Book )
12 editions published between 1784 and 1864 in English and held by 147 libraries worldwide

The stage-coach a comedy by George Farquhar ( Book )
3 editions published between 1705 and 1718 in English and held by 144 libraries worldwide

The island princess, or, The generous Portuguese made into an opera, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal by Peter Anthony Motteux ( Book )
12 editions published between 1699 and 2005 in English and held by 135 libraries worldwide