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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane: Translated from the French of Le Sage, by T. Smollett, M.D.; Embellished with Five Hundred Engravings after Designs by Gigoux
by Le Sage, Alain René
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004204
- Title
- The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane: Translated from the French of Le Sage, by T. Smollett, M.D.; Embellished with Five Hundred Engravings after Designs by Gigoux
- Author
- Le Sage, Alain René
- Illustrator
- Gigoux, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
About Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Spine
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- Remainder
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Good+
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- Leaves
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