Le Sage — Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Paris, Pauline, 1836. Leather. Alain-René Lesage's influential picaresque novel, with numerous illustrations by Jean Gigoux. One of the earliest realistic novels, written by Alain-Rene Lesage, this work narrates of the adventures and education of a young valet as he progresses through masters in high and low society. Originally published in four volumes between 1715 and 1735, it helped popularised the picaresque novel, with the happy ending adding a new twist to the tradition. In the original French. With some six-hundred vignette illustrations in text by Jean Gigoux, French painted and lithographer. Lesage was a prolific French satirical dramatist and author. In quarter leather binding over marbled boards and endpapers. Externally generally sound, rubbed to joints, chipped to head and tail of spine, minor loss to head of spine, boards rubbed and bumped, rubbing to joints. Internally, front hinges strained, binding held by two cords only to p. 17. Light spotting scattered to the leaves. With some six-hundred vignette illustrations in text by Jean Gigoux. Good Only . Ill.: Jean Gigoux. Good Only .