CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de)
History of Don Quijote (Quixote) of La Manche translated from the original text, and according to the comparative translations of Oudin and Rosset, Filleau de Saint-Martin, Florian, Bouchon-Dubournial and Delaunay; by F. de Brotonne
Paris, Lefèvre, A. Desrez, 1837. 2 volumes in 2 vols. in 8°, beautiful half-leather binding, richly decorated boards, rubbed edges and corners, gilded edge , some rare foxing , (contemporary binding), 3 ff. not. ch. (false title, frontispiece, title), VI pp. (warning), 1 fn ch. (notice concerning Cervantes) 480 pp. (Volume I-), 2 ff. not. ch. (false title, title), 524 pp. (Volume II).
First edition of this translation given by Frédéric de Brotonne (1797-1840) who was sub-librarian at the Sainte-Geneviève library. Illustrated with a portrait of Cervantes engraved on the frontispiece and off-text figures of Charlet engraved on copper. (Quérard-Louandre-Bourquelot, II, p. 450).