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Paris, Defer De Maisonneuve, 1793. In 4 °, 344 x 250 mm. 4 "au pointillée" color plates out of text by Colibert and Cazenave based on drawings by Monsiau, coeval binding in red moroccan with triple frame decorated with floral wheels on the plates, smooth spine with gold title and refined decorative elements, slight abrasions to caps and spikes, golden cuts, specks on the plates. Ex libris by Count Sanminiatelli, by the lawyer Henri Lambert of Versailles and monogram on the counterplate with a coiled snake.
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Splendid example in amateur's binding, of illustrious provenance. Famous translation of Cervantes by Florian, who also translated Don Quixote into French. The Galatea (1585) was his first translation of Cervantes to be published. Defer de Maisonneuve perfected the technique of engraving color plates that had developed a lot during the 18th century. He succeeded in making it possible for printers to create images with gradual changes in tone and differences in color intensity, instead of the usual sequence of separate and distinct colors. Cohen-De Ricci 399.