TEN CHROMOLITHOGRAHIES FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY - Lot 167

TEN CHROMOLITHOGRAHIES FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY [after CERVANTES (Miguel de)]. ADVENTURES OF SANCHO PANCA during his government on the island of Barataria. Paris, R. Schultz, [1880 ?]. An album in-4° of [4], 30, [2] pages, full publisher's boards with chromolithographs on both covers, red cloth spine. Endpapers browned, corners and edges a little rubbed, first cover a little soiled. Very fresh inside. Extremely rare children's publication whose text and illustrations remain anonymous. It is illustrated with ten full-page hors-texte plates printed in chromolithography. Sancho Pança's government on the island of Barataria, a fictional island given to him by noble pranksters. Printed in Strasbourg by the widow Berger-Levrault. Edition not mentioned by Palau. (cf. the 1995 reprint, No. 267 in this catalog).