(BAYNTUN) LE SAGE, ALAIN RENE. The Adventures of Gil Blas. London, 1881. 3 vols. Extra-illustrated
The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana. Translated from the French by Tobias Smollett. Preceded by a Biographical and Critical Notice of Le Sage by George Saintsbury. London: J.C. Nimmo and Bain, 1881.3 vols. 8vo (7 3/8 x 5 inches), bound by Bayntun of Bath in full crush red morocco, a.e.g, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Complete with 12 original etchings by de Los Rios, as called for, and extra-illustrated with 95 hand-colored plates by Warner, Tomlinson and others. One board detached; others with minor cracks repaired by glue; spines slightly scuffed; a few fore edge tears to one plate.
