LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. 1668-1747. The Adventures of Gil Blas...
LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. 1668-1747.
LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. 1668-1747. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, and three other works. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881. 6 vols., 8vo, large-paper edition, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt. Three volumes contain Gil Blas, with 12 original etchings by R. de Los Rios, frontispiece, translated by Tobias Smollett, with a biographical introduction by George Saintsbury. The remaining three volumes contain Asmodeus, or the Devil Upon Two Sticks; The History of Vanillo Gonzales Surnamed the Merry Bachelor; and The Bachelor of Salamanca, each with four etchings by R. de Los Rios. All volumes number 26 of 100 copies. Slight edge wear, rubbing to hinges.
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LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. 1668-1747.
LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. 1668-1747. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, and three other works. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881. 6 vols., 8vo, large-paper edition, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt. Three volumes contain Gil Blas, with 12 original etchings by R. de Los Rios, frontispiece, translated by Tobias Smollett, with a biographical introduction by George Saintsbury. The remaining three volumes contain Asmodeus, or the Devil Upon Two Sticks; The History of Vanillo Gonzales Surnamed the Merry Bachelor; and The Bachelor of Salamanca, each with four etchings by R. de Los Rios. All volumes number 26 of 100 copies. Slight edge wear, rubbing to hinges.
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