Lot with 4 (illustrated) works in French: (1) Le Don Quichotte Romantique,

ou Voyage du Docteur Syntaxe, a la recherche du pittoresque et du romantique. Poëme en XX chants, traduit librement de l'anglais, et orné de 26 gravures par M. Gandais. Paris, chez l'Auteur/ Pélicier, 1821, VIII,146 p., with lithographed frontispiece, title page and 24 plates, contemporary half calf with gilt back, large 8vo.

Here and there foxed; old owner's inscription scratched from inside front board. Fine and witty illustrated work, with relatively early application of lithography; (2) Cent proverbes par Grandville et par [illustration of 3-faced jester]. Paris, H. Fournier, 1845, (4),400 p., with many caricatural plates and illustrations, contemporary half morocco, all edges gilt, 4to (trifle foxed yet a very good copy); (3) Les avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane, Par Monsieur [Alain René] Le Sage. Nouvelle edition. Amsterdam/ Leipzig, Arkstee & Merkus, 1767, 4 volumes, with 32 engraved plates, contemporary uniform half leather with gilt back, raised bands, 12mo. And with 1 more (total 4 titles in 7 volumes).