LE SAGE, Alain Rene [with] Tobias Smollett (trans.) and George Saintsbury (biographical and critical notes)

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane [In Three Volumes]

London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, [1881]. R. de Los Rios [Ricardo]. First Thus. Three volumes in uniform cloth. Three 8vo volumes. Pp. ix, [1], 15-398; 395; 407. Translated by Tobias Smollett. With an critical notes and a biography of le Sage by George Saintsbury. Illustrated with plates by Ricardo de los Rios. Uniformly bound in goldenrod cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spines; beveled edges. Dust soiling to top edges. Some leaves uncut, cloth a bit worn and soiled. Corners sharp and books remain well bound. Very Good. Item #6508

The celebrated picaresque novel presented here in the 1848 Smollett translation. Exquisitely illustrated with refined prints by Ricardo de los Rios (1846-1929). A well produced set.

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