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CERVANTES Don Quixote de la Mancha Translated...

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CERVANTES Don Quixote de la Mancha Translated from the spanish by Charles Jarvis. London, J.-J. Dubochet et Co, 1837-1839. 3 vols. in-8, Empire green morocco, gilt framed with a floral roulette set with gilt fillets, richly decorated ribbed spine, int. roulette, gilt edges (Rel. of the period). Numerous woodcut illustrations by Tony Johannot, including 3 frontispieces with the portrait of Don Quixote with moustache, 3 engraved title pages, 7 plates out of text and nearly 800 large in-text vignettes. Ex-libris Annie Yorke. Some foxing, more present on the endpapers and last leaves. Volume II, restorations of the inner hinge.