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THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE
1764168496London: Printed for T. Osborne and others 1764. A new translation by the Author of Roderick Random . . . In four volumes. Pp. x260last blankiv220viii244 viii232 33 engraved plates including frontispiece Volume I head and tailpiece decorations and a few decorative initials; f'cap. 12mo in sixes; early mottled calf spines decorated in gilt between raised bands with gilt lettered contrasting red & green title and volume labels boards with gilt edges lightly worn heaviest at fore-corners joints starting spines chipped at extremities and slightly rubbed; marbled endpapers with signs of removal of bookseller's sticker from upper pastedowns early ownership inscription or signature on blank preliminary each volume and another earlier signature on verso of upper free endpaper Volume I hinges starting a few leaves faintly creased with a long vertical crease across most of pp. 85-6 in Volume I becoming a closed tear no text loss most plates lightly offset a couple of tiny edge chips or splits a few small marginal damp stains scattered light foxing and soiling; printed for T. Osborne London 1764. Fifth edition. ESTC N4250. First published in French between 1715 and 1735. The plates in this edition are not attributed. Smollett acknowledged the influence of Gil Blas upon his own work. Printed for T. Osborne, and others unknown
