Description
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.
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