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CERVANTES (Miguel de).

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L'ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche. Translated and annotated by Louis Viardot, vignettes by Tony Johannot. Paris, Dubochet et Cie, 1836-37. Two large volumes in-8, half red long-grained morocco with corners, finely decorated ribbed spines, covers and spine preserved (Mercier sr de Cuzin). First edition. Two frontispieces printed on chine, two ornate faux-titres and some 800 woodcut vignettes in the text after Tony Johannot. A very fine copy, with all margins. From the libraries of Victor Mercier (1937, n° 297) and Albert Natural (2009, n° 151), with their ex-libris