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639 - CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de *The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha* [...]. Translated by Louis Viardot, with illustrations by Gustave Doré, engraved by H. Pisan. Paris: L. Hachette et Cie (Printed by Ch. Lahure) 1863, 2 vols., in-f° (no numbering, a few faint, intermittent foxing spots). Red half-shagreen binding, red percaline covers with titles in gold on the top covers, spine decorated with gold on raised bands (corners very slightly worn). A fine copy. First printing of the numerous large hors-texte illustrations, including two frontispieces protected by a serpentine border, engraved by Pisan, printed on a tinted background imitating Chinese paper. Ref. Carteret III:138. - Vicaire II:160. - Leblanc, p. 67. Formerly owned by Colonel Harry Vinckenbosch (ex-libris).
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CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de *The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha* [...]. Translated by Louis Viardot, with illustrations by Gustave Doré, engraved by H. Pisan. Paris: L. Hachette et Cie (Printed by Ch. Lahure) 1863, 2 vols., in-f° (no numbering, a few faint, intermittent foxing spots). Red half-shagreen binding, red percaline covers with titles in gold on the top covers, spine decorated with gold on raised bands (corners very slightly worn). A fine copy. First printing of the numerous large hors-texte illustrations, including two frontispieces protected by a serpentine border, engraved by Pisan, printed on a tinted background imitating Chinese paper. Ref. Carteret III:138. - Vicaire II:160. - Leblanc, p. 67. Formerly owned by Colonel Harry Vinckenbosch (ex-libris).
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