A PROVENCAL IMITATION OF DON QUIXOTE - Lot 109

A PROVENCAL IMITATION OF DON QUIXOTE DAUDET (Alphonse). AVANTURES PRODIGIEUSES DE TARTARIN DE TARASCON. Paris, E. Dentu, 1887. An in-8 volume in full polychrome percaline depicting Tartarin surrounded by oriental figures, a camel, a lion and a steamer on the front cover. Some spotting, copy a little warped. 282 pp chif. First illustrated edition of the adventures of this truculent character, a veritable successor to Don Quixote. At the end of the 19th century, the sad-faced knight was still on everyone's mind. Rius, 533: "El mismo autor declara haber escrito este libro recordando al quijote. El sueño de Tartarin en armaduras, y en aventuras qe no le han pasado, tiene mucho de la fantasia del Hidalgo de la Mancha. "