Histoire de l'admirable Don Quichotte de la Manche, traduite de l'espagnol [...]. Nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Avec figures.

4 vol., 8vo: [4]-xiv-456, [4]-478, [4]-535, [4]-540 pp.; 25 pl. (occ. sl. spotting or foxing, more extensive in vol. IV, occ. pale damp stains, sm. holes in text p. 73 vol. I and p. 33 vol. II, marg. tear strengthened to p. 101 in vol. I, marg. stains in quire E in vol. IV).

Mod. three-quarter brown cloth, gilt-ruled boards imitation snake leather, spines with raised bands.

Illustrated with 25 copper-engraved plates "avant la lettre" including a portrait of Cervantes by Collet after Coypel. Translation by François Filleau de Saint-Martin (1632-1695?), first published in 1677-1678.
Ref. Rius 512. - Brunet I:1751. - Cohen 220.
Prov. De Waepenaert (contemp. ms. entry and ms. note on verso of last page vol. II "C'est une satire fine de la nation et du ministre, duc de Lerma, entêtés alors de chevalerie" ). - Antoine-Louis de Waepenaert-van den Hende (1784-1852), "chevalier du Saint Empire" (ms. entry).