Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane [French text] by LeSage, Alain-Rene - 1828

New York: American Book Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardback. Edited by Victor E. Francois and Jacob Greenberg (Text in French) ; Owner inscriptions .

Librairie de Paris, Fermin et Didot Cie, Paris, n.d. Very Good. French language; 686p., immaculate and without writing except for former owner's name in tiny elegant hand on front end page with date of 1938; binding firm; beautiful Art-Deco "marbled" boards in tonalities of sepia, with sepia cloth corners and spine, with gilt lettering on dark brown patch--well protected by plastic cover. However, the cover was affixed with scotch tape which has left marks on the paste downs. Ribbon book mark. 12mo.

Boston: D. C. Heath & Company, 1929. Some wear cover edges, library marks, pencil marks throughout, otherwise book clean and tight. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex Library.

Deuxponts, Societe Typographique, 1795. Leather Spine Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. No DJ. Text in French. No marks in lightly read text pages. Front hardcover and front free pages detached. Spine leather worn. Shelf wear hardcover. Binding intact.

Deuxponts, Societe Typographique, 1795. Leather Spine Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. No DJ. Text in French. No marks in lightly read text pages. Front and back hardcovers, as well as front and backfree pages detached. Spine leather worn. Binding intact.

Paris / New York: P. C. Lehuby / Roe Lockwood and Son Text in French. Not dated (c1880). Original blue cloth stamed design with gilt, blue, green, yellow and red decorative illustration on the front cover and the spine. All edges gilt. Twenty (20) full page plates. Overall in GOOD condition.. Full Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1787. Nouvelle edition. Hardcover. Good. Volume four only! Nouvelle edition, 1787, hardcover with full-leather boards, 12mo., 348pp., illustrated with b&w engravings. Book good with joints cracked, moderate wear to spine that includes some chipping to outer layer of leather, edgewear to spine ends and corners, boards worn, binding tight with marbled endpapers, text toned and foxed throughout. No DJ. Text in French.

Paris, France: Chez Lefevre, Libraire, 1820. Hardcover. Good-Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 3vol.set: vol.1-440pp.; vol.2-524pp.; vol.3-454pp.; HB's brwn.leather w/gilt; heavy rub w/worn edges&corners; spines&edges sunned; slight foxing; marble endpaper w/clean,tight pgs.; vol.1ft.hinge cracking; French picturesque novel. Full trans.of title: "History of Gil Blas of Santillane, by The Sage; edition collated with that of 1747, corrected by the author, with a preliminary review, new summaries and notes historical and literary, by Mr. Francis Neufchateau." in French. 3 volumes w/ 9 engravings.

Paris: J. J. Dubochet. Le Chevalier et Cie, 1846. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 7.5". Ernest Meissonier. A smartly bound and profusely illustrated copy of Alain-Rene Lesage's picaresque novel 'Gil Blas', illustrated by Ernest Meissonier. Written in the original French. 'Gil Blas' is a adventurous novel following the eponymous character, who is born into poverty. He goes to University and is suddenly faced with a bright future, before being forced to help robbers, and has to face jail time. The novel follows him through his careers and his rising to royal court. Written by Alain-Rene Lesage. Lesage was a novelist and playwright, who was best known for this novel, as well as his comical works 'The Devil Upon Two Sticks', and 'Turcaret'. Illustrated profusely throughout. Illustrated by Ernest Meissonier. Meissonier was a classicist painter and sculptor, and was renowned in his time for the fine detail in his painting. In a full crushed morocco binding with gilt decoration to the boards and… Read More