Descrizione

Titles printed in red and black. With 6 engr. title-vignettes (1 repeated), and 32 numbered engr. plates by Folkema and Fokke after Coypel (incl. engr. halftitle); 2 engr. title-vignettes, portrait of Cervantes and 13 engr. plates by Folkema. 12mo. Contemp. calf, spines with two labels gilt, gilt double fillet around sides (discreet repairs to three spine ends, some minimal rubbing). Amsterdam and Leipzig, Arkstée & Merkus, 1768. Nice set of this esteemed edition, which is especially valuable together with the two volumes of the "Nouvelles". The charming illustrations after Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) were used in the 1744 Spanish edition, "Elles on reparu dans l'edition française de 1768" (Cohen/de Ricci). The illustrations to the "Nouvelles" are Jacob Folkema's (1692-1767) own design. - Sander 319; Palau 52476 ("Bella edicion y una de las mas codiciadas por los bibliofilos"); Cohen/de Ricci 217; Lewine 103 (Histoire) and 104 (Nouvelles); Brunet I, 1751 ("Assez belle édition"); Thieme/Becker VIII, 28 (Coypel: "Aber sein Hauptwerk auf diesem Gebiet sind die 28 Szenen aus 'Don Quijote', an denen er seit 1716 arbeitete") and XII, 152 (Folkema). LITERATURE: FRENCH ; ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (BEFORE 1900) ;