Alain-René LESAGE
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
Chez la veuve Ribou|à Paris 1732 - 1735|9 x 16.80 cm|4 volumes reliés
Fourth edition statement for volumes 1 to 3 and first edition of the fourth volume which appeared for the first time in 1735 (published by Pierre-Jacques Ribou). The first 2 volumes were initially published in 1715. Editions of Gil Blas are rare before 1750. The edition is illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 26 unsigned figures (8 in volume 1, 10 in volume 2 and 8 in volume 3), there are none in volume 4 in its first edition.
Contemporary full glazed and speckled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title labels, brown morocco volume labels. Headcaps of volumes II and III worn revealing the headbands. pp. 163 to 168 in volume IV, 3 brown sp
Contemporary full glazed and speckled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title labels, brown morocco volume labels. Headcaps of volumes II and III worn revealing the headbands. pp. 163 to 168 in volume IV, 3 brown sp
€700