Paperback / softback. New. Smollett's translation of Gil Blas remains true to its style spirit and ideas chronicling a merry philosophical young man whose adventures lead him into all levels of society from the highest to the lowest. After two and a half centuries his remains the finest translation of this humorous satiric and classic French novel. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : A9780820346021 ISBN : 0820346020 9780820346021
London: J. Walker 1818. Leather. Very Good. 5.5" by 3". None. A smartly bound edition of this translation of Lesage's highly popular novel Gil Blas in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page to each volume. A highly popular picaresque novel following the life of Gil Blas. Born in misery to a stable-hand and a chambermaid he is educated by his uncle and leaves his home to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. Written by Alain-Rene Lesage a French novelist and playwright best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks. Translated by Tobias George Smollett a Scottish writer and surgeon. In the original full calf. Externally smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light age toning to the extremities. The previous owner's label to the front pastedown. Very Good J. Walker hardcover
Gibbings and Company 1896 4 volumes. Several full-page plates designed by Ad. Lalauze. 12mo three-quarter green morocco and cloth spines gilt top edges gilt. A handsomely bound edition. Condition: Spines faded to brown; very good. Language: eng. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Gibbings and Company hardcover
J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1881-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 6 volume set. Bound in original vellum-backed green boards. Spines darkened. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean unmarked pages. Floral patterned green end sheets. Includes: The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane complete in three volumes by Asmodeus or the Devil Upon Two Sticks The Bachelor of Salamanca; THe History of Vanillo Gonzales <br> Lovely little inscription Christmas 1941 May you always kind in these books the same charm and delight I always find in you Frank. J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover
London : J. C. Nimmo and Bain 1881. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". R. de los Rios. A limited large paper edition set of The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It is considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. Written by Alain-René Le Sage 6 May 1668 17 November 1747 a French novelist and playwright. He is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks his comedy Turcaret and of course this novel. Translated from the original French by Tobias Smollett. "With twelve original etchings by R. de los Rios." Hand numbered 83 of only 100 sets "on laid paper medium 8vo with proof etchings on Japanese paper". Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally generally smart with sunning to spines and light wear to extremities. Dampstaining and light mold to the rear board and final few pages of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with only occasional instances of spotting. Many pages remain uncut. Very Good J. C. Nimmo and Bain hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. Smollett's translation of Gil Blas remains true to its style spirit and ideas chronicling a merry philosophical young man whose adventures lead him into all levels of society from the highest to the lowest. After two and a half centuries his remains the finest translation of this humorous satiric and classic French novel. paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : B9780820346021 ISBN : 0820346020 9780820346021
Printed for Vernor and Hood Paultry and Cuthell and Martin Holborn. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood Paultry and Cuthell and Martin Holborn 1802. Vols. 1-3 complete. 8vo. Full leather. Illustrations. Binding copies. Rear board of Vol. 1 and both boards of Vol. 3 detached. Spines of all volumes missing. Two small bookplates on front pastedown of all volumes. Dampstained. Picaresque Literature Fiction Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. Printed for Vernor and Hood, Paultry, and Cuthell, and Martin, Holborn hardcover
4 volumes 12mo 160 x 100 mm ¶ Volume 2 dated 1812 all others 1807. First and only edition of Martin Smart's translation excepting the large paper edition here reported by the publisher. ¶ Illustrated with 100 copper plates including several library scenes and many signed by Tomlinson or Warner some misbound but all present. Publisher's ad at end of v. 4 for a large paper edition of Gil Blas and a matching edition of Don Quixote. Includes a translator's preface and life of the author. ¶ Apparently an unrecorded variant of this Phillips edition as records in OCLC and Copac offer no evidence for any volumes dated 1812 as found here with a cancelled v. 2 title page. --- CONDITION: Contemporary sprinkled brown calf; spines with black leather labels and gold tooling. ¶ Lacking final leaf of v. 4 additional publisher's ad; spines badly rubbed the first two volumes lacking their labels; mild scattered foxing; light dampstaining to last two plates in v. 1; v. 2 frontispiece and title leaf attached by single thread; inky fingerprint on verso of plate facing p. 289 in v. 2. ¶ A robust profusely illustrated set in contemporary bindings. --- PROVENANCE: "D. Milne 1813" inked on each front paste-down. T. Gillet for Richard Phillips hardcover
London / Philadelphia: Gibbings & Company / J.B. Lippincott Company 1896. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Complete Four Volume Set. Green half leather covers with marbleized boards. Each volume has five raised bands and gilt stamped designs on it's spine. Gilt upper edges. Uncut fore and bottom edges. Marbled end-papers. Frontispieces with tissue guards. Illustrated with tissue guards. 237pp. 281pp. 273pp. 248pp. Covers and spines have rubbing in places. Spines are sunned. Text block shaken in Volume Two. Fore and bottom edges have a few spots of foxing. Several pages have very slight foxing on them but the rest of the text bodies are clean. Text body is free from underlining highlighting or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. Gibbings & Company / J.B. Lippincott Company hardcover
Boston: Little Brown & Co. 1864. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 1- 398 pages. Vol. 2- 407 pages. Vol. 3- 395 pages. 5 x 7 1/4 in. Maroon cloth binding gilt lettering on spine top edge of text block gilt. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers heavy wear to spine ends esp. top ends and bottom end of Vol. 1 spines faded and soiled corners lightly worn cover edge of Vol. 3 and one small spot on rear cover edge highly abraded edges of text block yellowed pages clean binding tight. Little Brown & Co. hardcover
Hartford: Silas Andrus. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. Cover edges rubbed with spine flaking. Pages lightly foxed. 3 volumes in 1! Vol 1: 316 pp Vol. 2: 308 pp Vol. 3: 304 pp. Includes a memoir of the author's life in Vol. 1. Hartford: Silas Andrus unknown
<p>Published in London in 1767 this second English edition of Alain René Le Sage's The Bachelor of Salamanca follows the tradition of his acclaimed Gil Blas echoing the structure and tone of Spanish picaresque fiction. The novel follows Don Cherubim de la Ronda through his unpredictable encounters and shifting social circumstances rendered in a style adapted for English readers. Printed in two duodecimo volumes by Richardson and Urquhart this edition is bound in original leather. The set remains tight and complete with visible rubbing to corners and hinges. Gilt lettering on both spines remains legible. Collation: Volume I: xii 260 pp; Volume II: xii 251 pp. No illustrations are indicated. Format: Duodecimo 12mo two-volume set. Edition: Second English edition. Provenance: bookplate of John Smith de Burgh 11ᵗʰ Earl of Clanricarde. #29012. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.</p> for Richardson and Urquhart hardcover
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