Le Sage (d.i. A. de las Casas).
Aventuras de Gil Blas de Santillana, Robadas a Espana, y adoptadas en Francia... restituidas a su patria y a su lengua nativa por un espanol zeloso, que no sufre se burlen de su nacion.
Mixed editions, 4 volumes (complete)
Madrid, Manuel Gonzalez; 1787 (vol. 1)
and
Valencia, Benito Monfort ;1788-89 (vol. 2-4)
Size 5 3/4 by 8 1/4"
With 12 copper plates.
Original leather binding.
Vol. 1 is the first Spanish edition (see Palau 136298),
Vols. 2-4 is the first illustrated Spanish edition with 4 copper plates each.
Translated by Jose Francisco de Isla.
Wide margins
Good condition, some wear of bindings
Text in Spanish

Gil Blas (French: L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane) is a picaresque novel by Alain-Renee Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. It was highly popular, and was translated several times into English, most notably as The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, by Tobias Smollett in 1748.

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