[CERVANTES, Miguel de] and DEVERIA, Eugène. History of the a - Lot 85

[CERVANTES, Miguel de] and DEVERIA, Eugène. History of the admirable Don Quixote de la Mancha. Adventures of Don Quixote illustrated with compositions by Eugène Devéria, an important Romantic painter. Paris, Delongchamps, 1825. 6 volumes in 6 volumes in-8, red morocco half-basin with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilded fillets, yellow edges. Approx. 400 pages per volume, each with engraved frontispiece. Corners rubbed, common brown spots. Epidermure to third, minor rubbing to boards. Filleau de Saint-Martin's translation of these adventures of Don Quixote, illuminated by an essay on the life of Cervantes by Auger. Each volume is introduced by a frontispiece engraved by Lefèvre, Pelée, Sixdeniers, Dequevauviller, and Fauchery after compositions by Devéria (1805-1865), including a portrait of the author in the first volume. A good copy despite a few brown spots.