CHARLES NODIER'S DON QUIXOTE - Lot 30

CHARLES NODIER'S DON QUIXOTE CERVANTES (Miguel de). THE MAIN ADVENTURES OF THE ADMIRABLE DON QUIXOTE. La Haie, Pierre de Hondt, 1746. One volume in-4 (VIII, 330 pp and 1 f of notice to the binder), full stiff vellum decorated with fillets and a large cold plate on the boards, Jansenist ribbed spine (Dutch binding of the period). A fine copy. These adventures are "represented in figures by Coypel, Picart Le Romain, and other skilful masters with explanations of the XXXVI plates of this magnificent collection drawn from the Original Spanish. " Nodier (description raisonnée) no. 804: This beautiful book contains only an analysis of the novel, but the figures with which it is adorned make it perhaps the most faithful and amusing translation... especially when they are as beautiful in proof as these. Palau, 52734: las 31 laminas dibujadas por Coypel, Tresmolier, Le Bas, Cochin y Boucher estan abiertas al cobre por Schley, Picart, Tanje, y Fokke. Rius, 491; Henrich, 264. Bookplate of Charles Nodier.