Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane par Le Sage, précédée d'une étude littéraire, avec 300 illustrations sur bois. Dessins de MM. Philippoteaux et Pellicer, gravure de Ch. Barbant.
by Alain René Le Sage
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- Paperback
- Signed
- first
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Illustrée and Marpon & Flammarion, 1884. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY-ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Le Sage's perennial favorite. XIII, 1, 808 pp. ONE OF ONLY 48 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. Illustrated with 300 wood-engravings by Barbant after Philippoteaux and Pellicer. For the regular edition the illustrations were printed from electrotype reproductions of the woodblocks; ONLY IN LARGE-PAPER COPIES LIKE THIS ONE ARE THE ILLUSTRATIONS PRINTED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOCKS. Large 4to. Beautifully bound c. 1930 by Levitzky (signed) in three-quarters morocco a decorated boards, preserving the original pink-orange printed wraps. Binding a little bit worn but still very attractive. Internally a bit of foxing, as almost always with Chinese paper, but otherwise FINE AND BRIGHT.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38981
- Title
- Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane par Le Sage, précédée d'une étude littéraire, avec 300 illustrations sur bois. Dessins de MM. Philippoteaux et Pellicer, gravure de Ch. Barbant.
- Author
- Alain René Le Sage
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Librairie Illustrée and Marpon & Flammarion
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- coleillus svv
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Cole & Contreras
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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