JOHANNOT. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). The Ingenious Hida - Lot 195

JOHANNOT. CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Text translated and annotated by Louis Viardot. Paris, J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, 1836.2 volumes large in-8. Eggplant glazed calf, 4 ribbed spine, gilt title and tomaison, bindings and boards edged with multiple gilt fillets, gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roulette on the head and tailpieces, gilt edges. In an elegant binding signed [Koehler], in the taste of the period. "Les reliures de M. Koehler sont au rang des plus belles que l'on connaisse en Europe" (Jury central, 1834, silver medal, in Foucaud, Les Artisans illustres). Edition illustrated with black woodcuts by Tony Johannot: a frontispiece portrait of Don Quixote in volume 1 engraved by Porret, another portrait in volume 2 engraved by Breviere, a title-frontispiece at the beginning of each volume and numerous black vignettes in the text. Carteret III, 136-137. Slight rubbing to corners and upper spine of vol. 2, a few pages uniformly browned, rare foxing. A good copy.