LESAGE, Alain-René and GIGOUX, Jean. History of Gil Blas de - Lot 215

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LESAGE, Alain-René and GIGOUX, Jean. History of Gil Blas de - Lot 215
LESAGE, Alain-René and GIGOUX, Jean. History of Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris, Paulin, 1835. Large in-8, anthracite half-box, smooth spine adorned with 4 cold-stamped faux nerfs, quadruple framing and gilt title to entrenerfs, speckled head. 972 pages, 1 portrait-frontispiece of the author on China paper, 1 illustrated faux-title and some 600 vignettes in the text or in bands, lettrines and culs-de-lampe. Spine very slightly oiled, tiny white marks on leather, boards discreetly warped, minor rubbing at corners and on some edges. Sporadic foxing, mainly on first and last pages. First printing of numerous vignettes by Jean Gigoux. "This edition of Gil Blas is essential; it marks the renovation of (Carteret, Le Trésor du Bibliophile, époque romantique, p. 382). Charles Nodier's note on Gil Blas printed on two columns, text in a double black frame. Excellent Romantic illustrated book, in a solid binding.
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