L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche [Vol.1-2]

Title: L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche [Vol.1-2]

Author: Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de and Louis Viardot, trans.

Publication: Paris: J.-J. Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, 1836.

Description: Don Quixote, translated into French by Louis Viardot. Complete in two volumes. Black-and white wood-engraved illustrations throughout by Tony Johannot. Half-titles, frontispieces, and additional engraved title pages. Ornamental initial letters, head and tail pieces, and ruled borders. Bound in quarter calfskin leather with decorated paper over boards, gold-tooled spine, and marbled endpapers. 10.75 x 7 inches. Vol. 1: [4], 744 pages, [2] leaves of plates. Vol. 2: [4], 758 pages, [2] leaves of plates. Bindings rather rubbed and edgeworn and the text with moderate foxing throughout, but still a decent shelf appearance with lovely spines. Good+.