Very attractive set of Johannot's illustrated edition of Don Quixote in the best production binding it was offered in. Additionally, this the copy of famed book collector and influential Boston lawyer, Henry Gardner Denny [1833-1907], whose collection was sold at auction in Boston after his death in September of 1907. His library included the first four folios of Shakespeare's works, many valuable original manuscripts, important slavery documents, unpublished manuscripts by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, etc.
de Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel. Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, by Charles Jarvis. Illustrated by Tony Johannot, and Others. Two Volumes. London. Henry G. Bohn. 1842. First Edition, Thus. 706 + 771pp
Original half leather, elaborately gold stamped on spine, contrasting labels. Very shelf attractive. Text exceptionally clean and crisp. Bindings are a bit stiff; should be handled with care; surface breaches on hinges.
