[AFTER MIGUEL DE CERVANTES]. DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. - Lot 179

[AFTER MIGUEL DE CERVANTES]. DON QUICHOTTE DE LA MANCHE. s. l, Imprimerie de l'Union, [1951] One large folio volume, leaves in slipcase. (18 quires with text and plates). Illustrated by G. Regnault with 11 colored etchings, one in black, 11 lettering and 11 culs-de-lampe, hand-typed in Didot, size 14. 1 / 250 copies on Auvergne paper signed by the Artist. 11 Eaux-fortes in color, 2 final states in black and sanguine of each plate; the color decomposition of two plates. Handwritten letter from Regnault to Mme et M. Pruniaux. Georges Regnault was born in Neuilly on April 6, 1898, and belonged to the Ecole Française. A pupil of P. A. Laurens, he has exhibited since 1927 in France and abroad. He executed numerous frescoes in Spain and France. Since 1950, his painting has turned towards Impressionism. (Benezit, VIII, 652. ).