Lot no. 208
[DORÉ (Gustave)]. CERVANTES (Miguel de). The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Paris, Hachette & Cie, 1863. 2 volumes in-folio, half red morocco with corners, gilt head, untrimmed (L. Claessens). First edition of the superb illustration by Gustave Doré, comprising 2 frontispieces, 128 hors-texte on a tinted background and numerous headpieces and endpieces. The French translation is by Louis Viardot. A very fine copy in a contemporary binding by Laurent Claessens. Minor scattered foxing.
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