The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane . . . Translated

by Benjamin Heath Malkin by Alain Rene Lesage

$1,250 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809. 4 vols, 8vo, 8 , 462; 4 , 454; 8 , 467, 1 ; 8 , 456pp. With 24 engraved plates by Robert Smirke, mostly browned as usual. Old polished calf, marbled edges, neatly rebacked, backstrips richly gilt. A very good set with the original Manchester bookseller's green label Thackray in each volume. § First edition of this version, translated by Malkin whose memoir of his prodigy child was illustrated by William Blake.

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