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CERVANTES (Miguel de). The Main Adventures of...

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CERVANTES (Miguel de). The Main Adventures of the admirable Don Quixote, represented in figures by Coypel, Picart the Roman, and other skilful masters; with the explanations of the XXXI plates [...]. Bruxelles, B. Le Francq, 1795, folio, 19th century blond half calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title coin. Tearing of 2 pages (175/176 and 315/316) and 2 plates (XXVII and XXXI), glued together. Brussels edition illustrated with 31 plates captioned, numbered and engraved by Fokke, Picart, van Schley and Tanjé after François Boucher, Nicolas Cochin, Charles Coypel, Louis-Hippolyte Lebas, Bernard Picart le Romain and Pierre-Charles Tremolières. Withdrawal of engravings from the edition of The Hague, 1746. The title and text are set in an ornamented frame and some pretty woodcut lamp heads decorate this edition. Not in Cohen. Nice copy with wide margins.