Description
Facsimile edition of “Gil Blas de Santillana” by Alain-René Lesage, according to the Madrid edition of 1840, by the Círculo del Bibliófilo, 1980. Complete, 3 volumes. Texts in Spanish.
Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillana. Illustrated edition with 500 woodcut plates and vignettes, drawn and engraved by Spanish artists. With notes that demonstrate the Spanish origin of the work, taken from the critical observations that the priest Don Juan Antonio Llorente wrote in Paris and presented to the French Institute on this ingenious romance.
Common features:
Binding in gilded and decorated leather, guide tape, gilded top edge, laid paper with the Círculo watermark. Format 14.5 x 21 cm.
Limited edition of 1,499 numbered and certified copies.
Interior of all volumes in perfect condition, bindings with the defects listed below, plans in perfect condition and of great beauty.
Volume I: 464 pages plus full-page illustrations outside the pagination.
Slight scuffing on the edges of the spine.
Volume II: 436 pages plus full-page illustrations outside the pagination.
Slight scuffing on the edges of the spine.
Volume III: 454 pages plus full-page illustrations outside the pagination.
Scuffing on the upper edge of the spine with restorations.
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