Alain-Rene Lesage, translated by Henri Van Laun:

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana [3 volumes].

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1886. First edition thus, complete in three hardback volumes. 8vo (25cm by 16cm), lxii, 333pp; 431pp; 500pp. 21 plates (seven in each volume), designed and etched by Ad Lalauze. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spines, gilt motif to the front boards. The bindings are a little rubbed and marked (the gilt remains bright), there is a bookplate to the first volume, and there is some straining of the inner hinges; overall, this set is in good condition. Signed and inscribed by the translator (Henri Van Laun) on the half-title of volume 1.

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[Lesage, Alain Rene]; L.V. de Guevara

Le diable boiteux. Amsterdam, H. Desbordes, 1707.

(8) 348 (4) pag., 12°, gebonden in geheel leer (rug beschadigd, boekenworm in eerste pagina's). Geillustreerd met gegraveerd frontispice met o.m. een duivel. Eerste editie van deze bewerking van 'El diablo cojuelo' van Luis Velez de Guevara (1579-1644). De approbatie is gedateerd Parijs 26-5-1707. Zeldzaam. De STCN geeft alleen een exemplaar in Londen.

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Book number: 42417

Keywords: Geen categorie

Alain-Rene Le Sage [Lesage]

1835 Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Paris, Chez Paulin, 1835 . Leather. A delightfully illustrated edition of Alain-Rene Le Sage's picaresque novel, Gil Blas, illustrated by Jean Gigoux. In the original French.A smartly bound edition of the picaresque masterpiece, illustrated with an engraved title page, frontispiece, head and tail pieces and numerous vignettes by famous French painter, lithographer, illustrator and art collector Jean Gigoux.With the armorial bookplate of S. F. Widdrington on the front pastedown. Shallcross Fitzherbert Jacson was the nephew of writer Samuel Edward Widdrington, later inheriting his estate and taking on his family name. In a full calf binding. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine and board perimeters. Minor paper residue to centre of rear board, with rubbing and light losses of leather to board perimeters. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Tide marks to head and tail of each leaf up to page 50, with remaining pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Jean Gigoux. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 863F7

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Alain-René Lesage Jean Gigoux Gil Blas french literature Jean Gigoux Jean Gigoux

LESAGE (Alain Rene):

The Adventures of Gil Blas, of Santillane. Translated from the French of Le Sage, by T. Smollett.

London: Printed for J. Mawman..., 1819. 3 volumes. Large 8vo, 221 x 137 mms., pp. xi [xii blank], 388; vii [viii blank], 375 [376 blank]; viii, 398, 30 engraved plates (by J. Smith), contemporary half sheepskin, spines blocked in blind, red and black morocco labels, binder's cloth; some rubbing of joints, spine volume 1 a bit faded, but generally a very good set. Smollett (1721 - 1771) published his translation of Gil Blas in 1749, and there were at least 15 separate editions or reprints before the end of the 18th century. It was published just after his first novel The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), and Smollett was preparing his translation in 1747 1748. In the Preface to Roderick Random, Smollett acknowledges his assimilation of Le Sage's method: "The following sheets I have modelled on his plan, taking the liberty, however, to differ from him in the execution, where I thought his particular situations were uncommon, extravagant, or peculiar to the country in which the scene is laid."

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Book number: 1690

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: fiction picaresque literature

LESAGE, Alain-Rene

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Oxford, Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. One of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: John Austen. Minor paper splits on hinges. Dustwrappers lacking, as usual. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with short splits .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 006878

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Color Plates, John Austen, J. B. Priestley, Limited Editions, Color Plate Books, Hand-Colored Plates, 19th Century French Literature John Austen Signed Hand-Colored Plates Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books

LESAGE, Alain-Rene

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Oxford, Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. Copy #996 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: John Austen. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrappers and the slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 018538

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Color Plates, John Austen, J. B. Priestley, Limited Editions, Color Plate Books, Hand-Colored Plates, 19th Century French Literature John Austen Signed Hand-Colored Plates Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books

LESAGE, Alain-Rene

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Oxford, Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Two large quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes bound in half gray linen, gold-stamped, and blue linen boards. Attractive edition of Smollett's translation. Introduction by J. B. Priestley. Illustrated with line drawings and watercolors by John Austen with his usual charm, collotyped by Day & Son and hand-colored by Daniel Jacomet. Copy #65 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: John Austen. Spines darkened. Still Near Fine, lacking the dustwrappers and in a broken slipcase, lacking the top and bottom edges .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 021240

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Color Plates, John Austen, J. B. Priestley, Limited Editions, Color Plate Books, Hand-Colored Plates, 19th Century French Literature John Austen Signed Hand-Colored Plates Limited Editions Club Illustrated Books

LESAGE, Alain-Rene

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Oxford, The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Translation by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Illustrations by John Austen. Complete 2-volume set in slipcase. 4to. Grey and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets. xxvi, 329pp; x, pp. 330-660. Tissue-guarded color frontispieces, full-page color plates, numerous line drawings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jackets show age toned spines and minor edgewear. Handsome and tight set of the third title in the LEC's ninth series, the French picaresque novel originally published between 1715-35 and translated by Smollett in 1748. The illustrations have been delicately and delightfully hand colored. Rear colophon notes limitation to 1500 numbered copies (this #1132) nicely signed by illustrator Austen. While published with dust jackets AND slipcase, the jackets are most often absent; this copy bears the jackets but lacks the slipcase. A lovely, tight set. Laid in is the LEC's 5½" X 4½" printed announcement for this title. NEWMAN 98. .

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Book number: 48368

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Keywords: World Literature

LESAGE, Alain-Rene

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Oxford, The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Translation by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J.B. Priestley. Illustrations by John Austen. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Grey and blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxvi, 329pp; x, pp. 330-660. Tissue-guarded color frontispieces, full-page color plates, numerous line drawings, decorative endpapers. Very good. Internally tight and fine, with spines (only) showing mild wear and light age toning; lacks dust jackets and slipcase. Tight and nice set of the third title in the LEC's ninth series, a French picaresque novel originally published 1715-35, translated by Smollett in 1748. Illustrations are superbly hand colored. Rear colophon notes limitation to 1500 numbered copies (this #219) nicely signed by illustrator Austen. NEWMAN 98. .

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Book number: 50177

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LESAGE, ALAIN-RENE; TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (TRANS)

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane (Two Volumes, Complete)

London: Effingham Wilson, 1833. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. Magnificent half burgundy leather over silk boards, bound by Bayntun of Bath; spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling and borders in remainder, gilt borders on covers, a.e.g, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 12 engravings by George Cruikshank. Translated from the French of Le Sage by T. Smollett, M.D, to which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe. Gil Blas ("L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane" is a picaresque novel by Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It is often considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. This is the first edition of Gil Blas with the illustrations by George Cruikshank. The picaresque novel is a popular subgenre of prose fiction which might sometimes be satirical and depicts, in realistic and often humorous detail, the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his wits in a corrupt society. This style of novel originated in 16th-century Spain and flourished throughout Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries. It continues to influence modern literature. Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747) was a French novelist and playwright best known for his comic novel "The Devil upon Two Sticks" (1707), his comedy "Turcaret" (1709), and his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735). Lesage influenced many contemporary and later writers, including Charles Dickens, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Wilkie Collins, and Edgar Allan Poe. Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish poet and author. He was best known for his picaresque novels, such as The "Adventures of Roderick Random" (1748) and "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" (1751), which influenced later novelists such as Charles Dickens. The illustrator, George Cruikshank (1792-1878), was a British caricaturist and book illustrator, praised as the "modern Hogarth" during his life. His book illustrations for his friend Charles Dickens, and many other authors, reached an international audience. Beautifully bound set in virtually perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean, with only the slightest shelf-wear. A very handsome set. FINE. Engravings. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. xxvi, 418; xii, 420 pp. Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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Book number: 24263

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Keywords: Literature; Novels; Fiction; Picaresque Fine Binding Illustrated Books Fiction Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books

LESAGE, Alain-Rene / VAN LAUN, Henri

The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana (3 volumes)

Edinburgh, William Paterson,, 1886. Used - Like New. New edition. Rendered into English by Henri Van Laun with introductory notice, Life of Lesage, and notes. 3 volumes in ox-blood red cloth with gilt; with illustrations. Fore-edges a little foxed; spines slightly faded, with wear at head & foot, & slightly dulled gilt. This is a heavy set (about 4.2kg packed); additional postage may be required Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_81577_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS303692I

Alain-Rene Lesage

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane in Four Volumes

London , T. Osborne, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin et al, 1766. Leather. A charming set of The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane by Alain-Rene Lesage. Complete in four volumes. A new translation. Adorned with Thirty-three Cuts, neatly engraved. The third edition. Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by Alain-Rene Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It is considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. Gil Blas is born in misery to a stablehand and a chambermaid of Santillana in Cantabria, and is educated by his uncle. He leaves Oviedo at the age of seventeen 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. He becomes a valet and, over the course of several years, is able to observe many different classes of society, both lay and clerical. Because of his occupation, he meets many disreputable people and is able to adjust to many situations, thanks to his adaptability and quick wit. He finally finds himself at the court as a favourite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up though hard work and intelligence, Gil is able to retire to a castle to enjoy a fortune and a hard-earned honest life. Gil Blas is related to Lesage's play Turcaret (1709). 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. Each class and each occupation becomes an archetype. This work is both universal and French within a Spanish context. However, its originality was questioned. Voltaire was among the first to point out similarities between Gil Blas and Marcos de Obregon by Vicente Espinel, from which Lesage had borrowed several details. Considering Gil Blas is essentially Spanish, Jose Francisco de Isla claimed to translate the work from French into Spanish in order to return it to its natural state. Juan Antonio Llorente suggested that Gil Blas was written by the historian Antonio de Solis y Ribadeneyra by arguing that no contemporary writer could have possibly written a work of such detail and accuracy. In original full calf leather bindings with contrasting labels to the spines. Externally, a trifle rubbed. There is some loss to the leather. Joints are starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink libaray stamp to the verso of front free end papers. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown in all volumes. There are also remnants of library labels to the rear pastedowns. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Book number: SET26-C-4

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Lesage Woodcuts Third Edition Woodcuts None

Alain-Rene Lesage; Tobias Smollett

The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane

London, Thomas McLean; John Bumpus; W. H. Reid; John Brumby; Priestley and Weale, 1819. Leather. A colourfully illustrated edition of this picaresque novel, the popular Tobias Smollett translation. Complete in three volumes.First edition thus, being the first edition with these illustrations.Tobias Smollett's translation into English.'Gil Blas' is an adventurous picaresque novel following the eponymous character, who is born into poverty. He goes to University and is suddenly faced with a bright future, before being forced to help robbers, and has to face jail time. The novel follows him through his career and his rising to royal court.This novel was first published between 1715 and 1735.Volume I is illustrated with five aquatint plates.Volume II is illustrated with five aquatint plates.Volume III is illustrated with five aquatint plates.Half-title is present to each volume.Originally written in French by Alain-Rene Lesage. Collated, complete. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Front board of Volume III is held by cords only. Light rubbing to the spines and extremities. Minor marks to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Crack to the head of the front joint of Volumes I and II, and to the head of the rear joint of Volume II. A few very small damp stains to the boards of Volume I. Spines are a little faded. Hinges of Volumes I and II are starting but firm, as is the rear hinge of Volume III. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 900P19

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Keywords: The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane gil blas alain rene lesage tobias smollett gil blas Not Stated

Alain-René Lesage; Tobias Smollett [translator]

The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillana

London, Henry Frowde Oxford University Press, 1907. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this picaresque novel from French writer Alain-Rene Lesage, translated by Tobias Smollett. Complete in two volumes. The World's Classics series. A highly popular picaresque novel following the life of Gil Blas. Born in misery to a stablehand 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. With an introduction and notes by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, a British writer on Spanish literature. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 965T18

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Adventures Gil Blas Santillana Lesage Gil Blas None

Alain-René Lesage; Tobias Smollett [translator]

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

London, J. J. Dubochet & Co. 1836. Leather. A very smart edition of this illustrated picaresque novel by Lesage, translated to English. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated throughout with many in-text sketches. A notable translation of this highly popular picaresque novel, following the character of Gil Blas who is born into misery. After being educated by his uncle, it seems a bright future is ahead, but this is interrupted when he is forced to help robbers on his route to university and is faced with jail. Written by Alain-René Lesage, a French novelist and playwright. Translated by Tobias Smollett, a Scottish surgeon, novelist, playwright, and critic. Illustrated by Jean Gigoux, a French painter, illustrator, and art collector. In the original half calf with green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Bookseller's label to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Jean Gigoux. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 869T38

Catalogue: World Literature

Keywords: Adventures Gil Blas Santillane Lesage Gil Blas Gigoux Jean Gigoux