Adventures of Gil Blas, 1807 Edition
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Author: Lesage, A.R.
Title: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana
Place Published: London
Publisher:Richard Phillips
Date Published: 1807
Description:
Author: Lesage, A.R.
Title: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana
Place Published: London
Publisher:Richard Phillips
Date Published: 1807
Description:
4 volumes. Translated by Martin Smart.16x9.5 cm (6¼x3¾"), half morocco and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers.
Handsomely bound set of an iconic European bildungsroman. Referenced by authors from Mark Twain to Dostoevsky and criticized by Voltaire, Gil Blas is woven into the fabric of European literati.
Condition
Spines lightly sunned, extremities rubbed; bookplates on front pastedowns, occasional wear to margins of leaves with some paper repair, light foxing and offsetting, very good.
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