Alain-Rene Le Sage [Lesage] — 1835 Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

Paris, Chez Paulin, 1835 . Leather. A delightfully illustrated edition of Alain-Rene Le Sage's picaresque novel, Gil Blas, illustrated by Jean Gigoux. In the original French.A smartly bound edition of the picaresque masterpiece, illustrated with an engraved title page, frontispiece, head and tail pieces and numerous vignettes by famous French painter, lithographer, illustrator and art collector Jean Gigoux.With the armorial bookplate of S. F. Widdrington on the front pastedown. Shallcross Fitzherbert Jacson was the nephew of writer Samuel Edward Widdrington, later inheriting his estate and taking on his family name. In a full calf binding. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail, with fading to spine and board perimeters. Minor paper residue to centre of rear board, with rubbing and light losses of leather to board perimeters. Front hinge strained, but firmly held. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Tide marks to head and tail of each leaf up to page 50, with remaining pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Good . Ill.: Jean Gigoux. Good .