LESAGE, Alain-René. - Lot 1133

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LESAGE, Alain-René. - Lot 1133
LESAGE, Alain-René. The story of Gil Blas de Santilane. Last edition revised & corrected. Paris, par les libraires associés, 1747. 4 volumes in-12 (160 x 96 mm) of 4 ff.n.ch., 402 pp., 3 ff.n.ch., 8 engraved plates for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch., 342 pp., 3 ff.n.ch. including the last blank, 9 engraved plates for volume II; 2 ff.n.ch., 385 pp., 3 ff.n.ch., 8 engraved plates for volume III; 4 ff.n.ch., 369 pp., 5 ff.n.ch., 7 engraved plates for volume IV; red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing, ornate ribbed spine, roulette on cuts, gilt edges on marbling (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Final, important edition, revised by the author, on which all future editions will be made. This edition is rare and sought-after, considered by Tchemerzine as one of the best. A copy as described by Cohen. "This edition, which has become unusual, presents numerous corrections and considerable increases by the author, which form no less than a hundred pages; it must therefore be regarded as the first good edition of Le Sage's masterpiece" (Brunet). The illustration consists of 32 engraved plates. Nice copy, well prepared by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Provenance: Leboeuf de Montgermon (ex-libris, sale, 1914, lot 415) - comte de Mosbourg (ex-libris) - Auguste P. Garnier (ex-libris). Brunet, III, 1006; Tchemerzine-Scheler, IV, 178; Cohen-de Ricci, 631.
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