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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). History of Don Quijote (Quixote) of La Manche translated from the original text, and according to the comparative translations of Oudin and Rosset, Filleau de Saint-Martin, Florian, Bouchon-Dubournial and Delaunay; by F. de Brotonne. Paris, Lefèvre, A. Desrez, 1837. 2 volumes in 8°. Beautiful half-leather binding with richly decorated boards, rubbed edges and corners, gilded edges,…
CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). History of Don Quijote (Quixote) of La Manche translated from the original text, and according to the comparative translations of Oudin and Rosset, Filleau de Saint-Martin, Florian, Bouchon-Dubournial and Delaunay; by F. de Brotonne. Paris, Lefèvre, A. Desrez, 1837. 2 volumes in 8°. Beautiful half-leather binding with richly decorated boards, rubbed edges and corners, gilded edges, some rare foxing (contemporary binding). Volume I: 3 ff. n. ch. (false title, frontispiece, title), VI pp. (preface), 1 ff. n. ch. (notice on Cervantes), 480 pp. Volume II: 2 ff. n. ch. (false title, title), 524 pp. First edition of this translation by Frédéric de Brotonne (1797-1840), sub-librarian at the Sainte-Geneviève library. Illustrated with a portrait of Cervantes engraved on the frontispiece and off-text copper engravings by Charlet. (Quérard-Louandre-Bourquelot, II, p. 450).
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