"EDITION MIGNONNE" - Lot 41

"EDITION MIGNONNE" [CERVANTES]. HISTOIRE DE DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. Paris, Lugan, 1826-1827. Eight volumes in-16, (380 pp // 386 pp // 387 pp // 403 pp // 446 pp // 450 pp // 455 pp // 443 pp and 15 plates h. -t. ), full olive morocco chagrin, boards and spine decorated with rocaille, personalized with the name "Annette Maus" (period bindings). A fine copy, despite some foxing on the plates. Reprint of Filleau de Saint-Martin's translation. Here too, the author's name has disappeared! "Edition Mignonne", illustrated with fifteen plates, which probably served as a gift for Annette Maus (?). Palau, 52784; Rius, 531: reports only 11 drawings. "Es muy linda esta pequeña edicion bien impressa". Henrich, 311: also reports only 11 drawings by Tassaert, Chasselat and Denis; the portrait of Cervantes is a copy by Devéria engraved by Legrand.