Molino 1945. Aceptable. coleccion LITERATURA CLASICA n1 37 y 38 1ª edicion septiembre 1945 traduccion del Padre Isla prologo y notas de Jose Mallorqui Figuerola 254 y 239 paginas respectivamente tapa dura sin sobrecubierta en estado aceptable el tomo I tiene la portada un poco estropeada enganchada con celo Molino hardcover
Leipzig : Dieterich. Hardcover. Gut. Umfang/Format: 550 Seiten Er ist die Krone der französischen Schelmenromane und trotz spanischen Kostüms eins der französischsten Bücher Sainte Beuve. Unter der Regentschaft die auf Ludwig XIV. folgte 1715 begonnen und 20 Jahre danach vollendet hat er sich dank der breiten Lebenskenntnis und glänzenden Erzählgabe Lesages zu einem abenteuerlichen Panorama der Zeit erweitert. In seinem Mittelpunkt steht von den seltsamsten Schicksalen umhergeworfen unverzagt der Held . Bald Räuberkumpan oder Lakai bald Schauspieler oder Kavalier bald Kuppler oder Liebhaber Sekretär eines Erzbischofs oder Königsgünstlings hält er alt und jung freudig in Atem. gepflegtes Exemplar nur kleine Lesespuren Buchblock altersgemäß gebräunt Leipzig : Dieterich hardcover
Paris : A. Belin 1813 . Leather. Very Good Indeed. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A beautifully bound copy of Alain-Rene Lesage's popular picaresque novel written in the original French complete in four volumes. Bound in a full calf with gilt tooling. Written in the original French. Stereotype D'Herhan. Complete in four volumes. Written by French novelist and playwright Alain-Rene Lesage this celebrated picaresque novel was first published between 1715 and 1735. It tells the story of Gil Blas a man born in poverty who leads a varied and exciting life in attempt to escape his upbringing. A very popular work this was translated into several different editions notably by Tobias Smollett in 1778.Retaining the half title to each volume. With the bookplate of Richard H. Tidswell. Bound in a full calf with gilt tooling. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the joints and extremities. Endpapers renewed. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Front blank has a small portion excised to volumes II III and IV. Pages are bright and clean with just the odd mark. Very Good Indeed A. Belin hardcover
Paris: Chez Janet 1795. Leather. Good Only. 5.5" by 3.5". None. A complete four volume set of the classic tale of Gil Blas in the original French language. French language. Four volumes. Each volume contains an illustrated frontispiece. The highly popular picturesque novel of Gil Blas a boy born in misery who leaves his home town to attend university but is forced to help robbers along the way. After becoming a valet the reader witnesses Blas claim the bright future he feels he is owed. Written by Alain Rene Le Sage a French playwright and novelist best known for this work. Bound in the original full calf. Externally sound with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Joints starting but firm. Front joint of volume one held by cords only and rear joint detached. Rear joint of volume two and front joint of volume three are weak. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Good Only Chez Janet hardcover
Brussels: Chez Emmanuel Flon 1790. Full leather. Good . 3 x 5 1/2 in. Full contemporary calf with calf spine labels and numbers. Vol 1 has a frontis and each has a few plates. Condition is GOOD ; covers clean with wear to corners and spine ends. Vols 3 and 4 have some starting to front hinge both are holding fine vol. 1 has a little just at the top. Corners worn vols 13 and 4 have a bit of loss to spine head. All bindings very solid. Vol. 1 has some faded gray stains to the text throughout all are quite readable. All have an early name in pencil and a later one in copperplate. Text in French. RGR. Chez Emmanuel Flon hardcover
Paris: Paulin 1835. Leather. Good. 10.5" by 6.5". Jean Gigoux. A lovely illustrated edition of this important French novel. In the original French.A nineteenth-century edition of the picaresque masterpiece Gil Blas.With illustrations by Jean Gigoux.Gil Blas is considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. Gil Blas is related to Lesage's play Turcaret. In both works Lesage uses witty valets in the service of thieving masters women of questionable morals cuckolded yet happy husbands gourmands ridiculous poets false savants and dangerously ignorant doctors to make his point. Jean Gigoux1806 - 1894 was a French artist draftsman lithographer and illustrator. Shallcross Fitzherbert Jacson was the nephew of Samuel Edward Widdrington 17871856 the writer on Spain. He inherited his estates and name.Bookplate of Joshua Sowerby to front paste down. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally generally smart with some rubbing and marks to the boards. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Good Paulin hardcover
Paris: Furne et Cie 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo handsomely bound in full red leather triple gilt ruled borders raised bands gilt spine all edges gilded illustrated with a number of engravings a very good copy with heavy foxing to the first and last pages and to endpapers some foxing sporadically to text mostly to the plates and neighboring pages. Ironically there's a bookseller's typed label affixed to the front pastedown calling this a "spotlessly clean copy" when it fact it's not that at all. Furne et Cie hardcover