Miguel de CERVANTES
L'ingénieux hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche
Dubochet et Cie|Paris 1836 - 1837|17.50 x 27 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition translated by Louis Viardot and illustrated by Tony Johannot in first printing. Two frontispieces printed on China paper, two engraved title pages, and 800 large text vignettes.
Half chocolate morocco binding ca 1880. Raised band spine decorated with richly ornamented compartments with central roundel. Chocolate morocco title and volume labels. Double fillet border on boards. Top edge gilt. Light traces of rubbing to edges. Copy of exceptional freshness, perfectly white and free from foxing, for an edition that is always foxed. Uncut set, with full margins.
Famous Romantic illustrated book; one of Johannot's finest productions, along with Voyage où il vous plaira and Roland furieux. Johannot is less renowned than Grandville, undoubtedly because he is more typically Romantic, in Hugo's sense, both gentle and sentimental, then whimsical and morbid to the point of grotesque. There is more mystery and terror in his work than in his counterpart's.
"One of the finest illustrated books of the 19th century" Vicaire.
Half chocolate morocco binding ca 1880. Raised band spine decorated with richly ornamented compartments with central roundel. Chocolate morocco title and volume labels. Double fillet border on boards. Top edge gilt. Light traces of rubbing to edges. Copy of exceptional freshness, perfectly white and free from foxing, for an edition that is always foxed. Uncut set, with full margins.
Famous Romantic illustrated book; one of Johannot's finest productions, along with Voyage où il vous plaira and Roland furieux. Johannot is less renowned than Grandville, undoubtedly because he is more typically Romantic, in Hugo's sense, both gentle and sentimental, then whimsical and morbid to the point of grotesque. There is more mystery and terror in his work than in his counterpart's.
"One of the finest illustrated books of the 19th century" Vicaire.
€900