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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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LE SAGE, Alain Rene (1668-1747). The Adventures of Gil Blas. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809.
4 volumes, 4to. Illustrated with 24 engraved plates. Translated by Benjamin Heath Malkin. Contemporary vellum in gilt (foxing, toning to text block, scattered damp stains throughout).
Later edition of Gil Blas, which was originally printed in parts from 1715 to 1735 and saw numerous translations from the original French into English over the course of the next century, with one of its best-known translations done by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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