Histoire de Gil Blas De Santillane
by Lesage
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris : Philippe Libraire, 1831. Leather. Good. 6.5" by 4". None. Alain-Rene Lesage's picaresque novel. Illustrated, with six plates. Collated, complete in four volumes. In the original French. Gil Blas was first published between 1715 and 1735. It follows the life of a young man born into misery trying to make his way as a valet. Blas works his way through life meeting people of different classes of society and eventually finds himself in the Royal Court. In a half calf binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with small patches of rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Loss to top of spine of volume one. Slightly heavier patches of rubbing to the paper covered boards. Bumping to the extremities. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned with light scattered spots throughout. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FGN11-C-12
- Title
- Histoire de Gil Blas De Santillane
- Author
- Lesage
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philippe Libraire
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1831
- Size
- 6.5" by 4"
- Keywords
- Gil Blas Alain-Rene Lesage Novel Alain-Rene Lesage
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....