ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEVERIA CERVANTES. HISTOIRE... Lot 40

ILLUSTRATIONS BY DEVERIA [CERVANTES]. HISTOIRE DE L'ADMIRABLE DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. Paris, Delongchamps, 1825. Six volumes in six volumes in-8 (portrait, XL, 425 pp // frontisîce, 451 pp // frontispice, 443 pp // frontispice, 460 pp // frontispîce, 455 pp // frontispice, 458 pp), half cherry calf with small corners, smooth spines decorated with double gilt fillet, yellow edges (Period binding). A good copy despite some spotting, corners dulled, slight spotting. Reprint of Filleau de Saint Martin's translation, with an essay on the life and works of Cervantes by M. Auger of the Académie Française. The work is illustrated with a portrait and five lithographs drawn by Devéria, here in first printing. Palau, 52780; Rius, 529: different plates from the 1821 edition.