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Alain-René LESAGE Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Alain-René LESAGE

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Paulin, Paris 1835, 17x25,5cm, relié.


First edition of 600 woodcut illustrations by John Gigoux by the best young artists of the moment like Lavoignat, Porret, Thompson.binding eggplant half calf, flat spine decorated with two cartouches embellished with romantic decorative golden friction on the jaw and headdresses, framing a gold band on flat marbled paper, a few snags and rubbing on edges, guards and contreplats of handmade paper, romantic contemporary binding signed Lefebvre.Ouvrage illustrated frontispiece, a portrait of the author on China and 600 vignettes here first edition of John Gigoux. Printed at the top of a guard as an ex-libris.Agréable copy with some inevitable foxing and set in an elegant romantic contemporary binding, this important work for the history of the book in the sense that buffer mark the renovation of the woodcut in the Romantic era. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

350 €

Réf : 44883

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