A ROMANTIC DON QUIXOTE FOR CHILDREN - Lot 164

A ROMANTIC DON QUIXOTE FOR CHILDREN [CERVANTES (Miguel de)]. STORY OF DON QUIXOTE. (leaves 73 to 93 in: Le Musée des Enfants). Paris, Aubert, [1843 ?]. One volume in-4° (96 ff, 14 pp Aubert catalog), full daffodil paper boards decorated with a lithographed title with figures and foliage (signed: Vivant Beaucé). The spine is reinforced and the endpapers are new. Some foxing. A very rare children's journal consisting exclusively of plates. It is complete with the twelve issues published, comprising 96 plates, twelve of which (double-sided, i.e. 3 issues) relate the story of Don Quixote. Each issue includes eight lithographed plates illustrating different stories (the vignettes are signed Henri Valentin). L'Heure Joyeuse catalog (old stock) no. 1049.