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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Good +. Gigoux, Jean. vi, [3], 6-764 p.: frontispiece and 13 leaves of plates, all with blue tissue guards: many in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment, and decoration in remainder of compartments. All page edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers. Engraved initial letters. Gift inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper dated 1858. Former owner's name at head of title page: Elizabeth Fry. In Good+ Condition: front board detached but present; edges and boards are rubbed; clean and bright.
THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE by LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE - 1802
by LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE
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THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE
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London: Vernor and Hood, 1802. Three volumes. Translated from the French by T.S. Smollett. The first Smollett translation was in 1748. Signed bindings by Bayntun of Bath. Each front cover has a different character with inlaid leathers in multiple colors. Ornate border designs in gilt with corner florets. Panelled spines with gilt designs and lettering. Inner dentelles and marbled endpapers. Wood engraved tail pieces. Gold round book-plate of Fred Robison Heryer on front pastedown of each volume. Mr. Heryer lived in Lawrence, Kansas and owned a brokerage business in Kansas City. All edges gilt. Front joints weak but intact. Marginal brown stain on pp.97-98 in Volume 2. Paper repair to bottom fore-edge of p.321 in Volume 3. This is an extra-illustrated set with the original ten full-page plates, WHICH HAVE BEEN HAND-COLORED. They were originally in black and white. An additional 35 plates have been inserted, mounted on heavy white stock. The extra plates were drawn by Smirke and Cruikshank. Le Sage (1668-1747) was a French novelist and playwright. He first published this picaresque novel in 1715. An elegant edition of the classic of French literature. Housed in a custom slipcase. 399, 392, 420pp.. Later Edition. Full Cranberry Morocco. Gentle Wear Only/No Jacket. Octavo.
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New York: A.L. Burt Company Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Smooth red calf on flexible boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Small nick in cover edge. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Gil Blas is born into poverty, but a rich uncle sends him to university. Involved by coincidence in a robbery, he survives jail and becomes a valet. His practiced observations of his fellow Spaniards are widely noted, and he enters the favour of the king and prime minister. He retires in luxury. 629 pp..
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