ADVENTURES of GIL BLAS of SANTILLANA Alain Rene Lesage 1836 JEAN GIGOUX Woodcuts

Description: GOOD CONDITION This sale is for large size EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY LEATHER and hardback COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET entitled “The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane,” translated from the French of Le Sage - Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747) - into English by T. (Tobias) Smollett, M.D., with hundreds of engraved illustrations by Jean Gigoux (1806-1894), including a frontispiece in each book and marbled endpapers. The set was published by J. J. Dubochet & Co., of Old Broad Street, London; Charles Tilt, of Fleet Street, London; and H. Hooper, of Pall Mall East, London, in 1836 and is COMPLETE in two volumes. Alain-René Lesage (1668-1747) was a French novelist and playwright. He is best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks (1707, Le Diable boiteux), his comedy Turcaret (1709), and this, his picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–1735). Jean François Gigoux (1806-1894) was a French painter, lithographer and illustrator. In 1833, he became a contributor to Le Magasin pittoresque. Two years later, he created several hundred woodcuts for Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage, and it was this work which brought him a great deal of notoriety. 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 royal court as a favorite of the king and secretary to the prime minister. Working his way up through hard work and intelligence, Gil is able to retire to a castle to enjoy a fortune and a hard-earned honest life. The books measure 9.75 inches x 6.5 inches, will require 2.75 inches along your bookshelf and have 486 + 478 pages. The books are in good condition for their age, internally neat and clean, with heavy wear/scuffs to the leather spine and corners of the hardback covers (heaviest with some loss to the ends of the spines), with light foxing throughout. There are NO inscriptions/book-plates and NO other ink or pencil markings in either of the books. The bindings are good with no loose or missing pages. There are no dust-jackets. The leather title blazes are present but the Volume I blaze is missing. A wonderfully illustrated EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. COMBINED POSTAGE - ALL BIDDERS: We offer 20% off the total postage & packing/shipping for additional items after the cost of the heaviest book – please wait for a combined invoice. Please click on “View Sellers Other Items” for other vintage editions. Buyer to pay postage & packing HEAVY – TWO BIG BOOKS!For UK Postage: 2nd Class = £6.00; 1st Class = £7.50 European Union Postage: = 10.95 GB Pounds USA Postage: Air Mail (USA) = 26.25 GB Pounds Airmail to Australia & New Zealand = 26.95 GB Pounds Rest of the World Postage: Air Mail (Anywhere else in the World excluding USA, Australia & New Zealand) = 21.95 GB Pounds. Unwinsbooks always obtain a proof of postage receipt from the Royal Mail. Packages over Royal Mail size rules may be sent by courier (customer will be informed). Goods will be WELL PACKAGED by Unwins Books and dispatched once payment has cleared.

Price: 140 GBP

Location: Shaftesbury, Dorset

End Time: 2024-12-09T15:27:51.000Z

Shipping Cost: 33.28 GBP