CERVANTES, Miguel de and REGNAULT, Georges. Don Quixote de l - Lot 147

CERVANTES, Miguel de and REGNAULT, Georges. Don Quixote de la Mancha. Fine edition illustrated by the Bougival painter Georges Regnault, with an original mailing. Paris, Union-Monnard, 1951. In-folio, in sheets, in filled folder, cardboard case and folder. Unpaginated, approx. 200 pages; 11 color compositions. Case with wear marks and split at foot. Edition illustrated with 11 color etchings based on paintings by Georges Regnault (1898-1979), each illustrating one of the eleven chapters from don Quichotte. Limited edition of 310 copies, this one of 250 numbered on Auvergne paper by hand, including 11 color etchings, 2 definitive states in black and red of each plate and the color decomposition of 2 plates (no. 55). Each plate is numbered and signed in graphite by the artist. Enriched with a signed autograph letter from the painter to Mr. and Mrs. Pruniaux. A very good copy.