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FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF CLOUZIER'S 40 PLATES CERVANTES...

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FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF CLOUZIER'S 40 PLATES [CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1695. Four volumes in four volumes in-12 (10 ff, 518 pp // 3 ff, 535 pp // 4 ff, 567 pp // 628 pp, 4 ff. ), full brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (Period bindings). Some spotting to boards, but a good copy. Third edition of Filleau de Saint-Martin's translation; the first illustrated with 40 plates by A. Clouzier. Not mentioned by Rius. Without the fifth volume of the continuation, attributed to Lesage or Robert Challes. This volume joins the 1678 edition. Palau, 52707; Henrich, 251. This edition, too, is without an author's name; has its hero already erased it?