CERVANTES (Michel de). HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE.
[followed by] NOUVELLES augmentées de trois nouvelles qui n'avaient pas été traduites en François, & de la Vie de l'Auteur.
Amsterdam, Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1768.
Eight volumes in eight volumes in-12, full red jansenist morocco, ribbed spine, gilt edges (Binding signed Cuzin).
6 ff. 370 pp// 3ff. 369 pp// 4 ff. 371 pp. // 4 ff. 453 pp // 4 ff. 420pp. // 4ff. 422 pp. //xliv, 358 pp.
2ff. 396 pp.
Fine edition translated by Filleau de Saint-Martin. It is illustrated with a portrait of Cervantes by Kent and 31 plates by Coypel engraved by Folkema and Fokke. Les Nouvelles Exemplaires includes 12 figures. The false-title of volume I is missing.
Palau, 52746: "Belle édicion una de las mas codiciadas por los bibliofilos."
Rius, 496: "Una de las mas bellas que en Francia se imprimieron durante el siglo XVIII."
Henrich, 269.
Cohen, 217-221.
A very fine copy with the bookplate of Château de la Rozelle (dry stamp).
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