ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLET CERVANTES SAVEDRA (Miguel... Lot 44

ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHARLET CERVANTES SAVEDRA (Miguel de). L'INGENIEUX HIDALGO DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. Paris, J. J. Dubochet et Cie, 1838. Four volumes in four volumes in-18 (2 ff, lxxiv, 385 pp //2 ff, 410 pp // 2 ff, 432 pp // 2 ff, 422 pp), midnight blue half calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt brads (Period bindings). A good copy, despite a few brown spots. Second edition of Viardot's translation, with notes. It is illustrated with a portrait of Cervantes and ten steel engravings by Charlet illustrating, as usual, the most famous episodes of Le Quichotte: the library, Montésinos' cave, the puppets etc... Palau, 52801.