LE SAGE (Alain René). - Lot 255

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LE SAGE (Alain René). - Lot 255
LE SAGE (Alain René). History of Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris, Chez Paulin, 1835. Large in-8°, dark green demichagrin, gilt fillets bordering the boards, spine with ornate nerves (period binding). A first edition copy with all the characteristics indicated by Carteret (III, 382). Two frontispieces, including a portrait of Gil Blas on chine, and numerous vignettes in the text by Jean GIGOUX. From the Quantin library, with bookplate with wet stamp at the head of the title. Slight foxing. "This edition of Gil Blas is capital; it marks the renovation of woodcutting in the Romantic period" (Carteret).
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