240 [Romantic cartonnage]. Set of 2 volumes. - Lot 240

240 [Romantic cartonnage]. Set of 2 volumes. - CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (Miguel de). The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de La Mancha. Paris, Dubochet, 1845. Gd in-8, 888 p. ill. with plates and vignettes by Tony Johannot. Scattered foxing. Publisher's green cloth boards. Beautiful historiated gilt plate, identical on both boards. The spine is stamped with a long gilt plate depicting Don Quixote on horseback, topped by a windmill. - LE SAGE. Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane ill. by Jean Gigoux; followed by Lazarille de Tormès, ill. by Meissonier. Paris, Dubochet, 1846. In-4, 630 p. Publisher's boards, navy blue cloth stamped with identical gilt plates on both boards, and spine stamped with a full-length plate with matching decoration: rich interlacing of filigreed twigs, reminiscent of certain decorative elements in 16th-century bindings, acanthus leaves and Oriental-style fleurons. Some brown spots.