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Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte [print].

Accession number
PML 141429
Published
[La Haye : Pierre de Hondt, 1746]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Collection of engravings to illustrate the 1746 French edition of Don Quixote (Les principales avantures de l'admirable Don Quichotte / représentées en figures par Coypel, Picart le Romain, et autres habiles maitres: avec les explications des XXXI planches de cette magnifique collection, tirées de l'original espagnol de Miguel de Cervantes. La Haye : Pierre de Hondt, 1746).
Collection of engravings by B. Picart, J.V. Schley, P. Tanjé, and Fokke, after designs by Ch. Coypel (26), Cochin (2), Le Bas (1), Boucher (1), and Trémolièrs (1).
The plates are in the numbered state.
Bound plates protected by guard sheets.
Description
31 prints : etching with engraving ; 29 x 23 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of former owner; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full red morocco by Rivière.
Classification
Department