Name: Abrege de L'histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, de M. LeSage (Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane). 1st American edition
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Abrege de L’histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, de M. LeSage (Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane). 1st American edition

Abrege de L’histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, de M. LeSage (Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane). 1st American edition. Le Sage, [A.R.]. Thomas Longworth.

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SKU: 181137 Category: Literature

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First American edition. 8 vo. Contemporary half leather over marbled boards. 17.5×10.5×3 cm. Thomas Longworth. New York. 1818. xiv, 372 pp. Abridged by N. Wanostrocht. Good, lacks half-title, shelfworn, pages moderately toned, old ink name to ffep. Abridged version in the French language. This picaresque novel was very popular in the era, and is referenced by Jean-Paul Sartre (in ‘Nausea’), by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (in Confessions) and by Jonathan Swift (in ‘Directions to Servants’). This copy will be a nice looking addition to any collection of French Literature, and makes an attractive ‘placeholder’ copy for a collector on a budget. weight: 0.7 lb.