LESAGE (Alain-René). - Lot 121

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LESAGE (Alain-René). - Lot 121
LESAGE (Alain-René). History of Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris : printing house of Chaignieau aîné, year IX [1801]. - 8 volumes in-18, 135 x 82 : portrait, x, 215 pp. 5 plates ; (2 ff.), 231 pp. 6 plates ; (2 ff.), 192 pp. 3 plates ; 174 pp. 1 blank page 2 plates ; 209 pp. 1 blank page 3 plates ; 216 pp. 3 plates ; 206 pp. 1 blank page 2 plates ; 307 pp. 2 pages 4 plates. Long-grained red morocco, gilt roulette with palmettes and leaves framing the boards, richly decorated smooth spine, gilt roulette with Greek meanders inside, gilt edges (P. Bozérian jeune). Beautiful edition illustrated with a portrait of the author engraved by Lingée and twenty-eight figures out of text engraved by Bovinet, Dambrun, Duparc, Godefroy, Lingée, Malapeau and Masquelier after drawings by Monnet. This edition appeared in four volumes in-8 or eight volumes in-18, with the same figures. This copy is one of those in eight volumes in-18, on wove paper with the engravings in a state before the letter. A superb copy in a luxurious binding strictly of the period by François Bozérian (1765-1826), known as Bozérian le jeune. Damage to the first box of the fourth volume. A few slightly browned leaves, a few scattered freckles and rare traces of wetness without gravity. Several serpents have been removed.
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