sage alain rene smollett tobias (24 Ergebnisse)

Leather. Zustand: Fair. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Leatger boards spine very abraded and faded with several pieces missing. Nice reading copy feels good in your hands. AS IS.

hardback, small 8vo, 175x110mm, iv,263pp, 8 engraved plates, owner's bookplate, light browning and foxing, text clean and tight, full leather binding, spine worn abd cracking, joints sound, Good condition. Vol. 2 only (of 4).

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Vols. 3 and 4 (of originally a 4 vol. set), these two volumes in ONE book, printed in Ireland in 1793, is in Poor condition, being in appalling shape: cover leather is practically all-eaten away by ancient silverfish, and those hellish creatures have long ago bored into the spine leaving a deep depression; portion of the top spine is gone (see our photo); front cover literally hangs by a thread; former bookplate of one of the famous O'Grady's of Kilballyowen, pasted to front fixed endpaper (now beginning to pull away slightly); former O'Grady owner has signed their name in fountain-ink on the title page; interior pages all present, although the bound-side does show the effects of ancient silverfish in places. A glorious ruin of a book, demonstrating what time and unfortunate circumstance can bring. This appears to be the famous Tobias Smollett English translation, and the publisher has mis-identified T. Smollett as Thomas Smollett. Again this is only the last two volumes (bound as one) of the set. Only one illustration: the frontispiece. Fiction. French. Novel. Classics. DB.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 283 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly .

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 698 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. First published in France in 1707 as Le Diable boiteux, Alain Rene Le Sage s novel relates the picaresque wanderings of Asmodeus, a refined, likable but decrepit devil, and Zambullo, his newfound mortal companion. Also included is a guide to the now-exotic .

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. A popular picaresque classic of European literature, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane was originally written in French by Alain-René Lesage and first published between 1715 and 1735. This English translation anonymously issued but long attributed to the celebrated novelist Tobias Smollett helped bring the roguish exploits of Gil Blas to a broad British readership. The work follows its titular hero through a series of vivid misadventures, satirising social pretensions, clerical hypocrisy, and the follies of power. This sixth edition, published circa 1785 in four volumes, is "adorned with cuts" (engravings) and reflects the enduring popularity of the translation during the late 18th century. The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, A New Translation, by the Author of Roderick Random. Adorned with cuts, neatly engraved. In Four Volumes. The Sixth Edition. Author is actually unnamed on the title page, but is Alain Rene La Sage. Also unnamed is the translator - Tobias Smollett. Printed for W. Strahan, J. Rivington, T. Davies, W. Johnnston, T. Longman, W.Nicoll, Richardson and Urquart, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and R. Baldwin, London. Undated, but believed to be 1785. In 4 volumes complete. The Sixth edition. A good set in full contemporary speckled calf leather bindings, with gilt ruled spine and red morocco labels with gilt titles (missing labels on 2 volumes). Volume numbers on spine now just blind impressions. Covers with light wear and bumping and some rubbing to joints, but a soundly bound complete set. Text is bright and clean throughout with attractive engraved plates. Some mild offset marks to endpapers. Some previous owner's inscriptions to endpapers/titles. A few minor age flaws - last 2 pages of Vol II nibbled to top corners and with a 3cm hole to the final text page. Also with library stamp. Vol I missing a title page and does not have pages v-viii in the prelims. One detached (but present) plate in Vol III. Vol. I: Frontispiece + iii-iv + ix-xii + 312pp;  Vo. II: iv + 263pp;  Vol. III: vii + 292pp; and;  Vol. IV: viii + 276pp.  All plus plates. Dimensions: Each volume approximately 179mm x 110mm x c.27mm. Weight: approximately 1146g (the set- unpacked). More photos available on request.

Olive hardback cloth cover. Zustand: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Covers rubbed. Sunned spines. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). lx, 398pp; 395pp; 407pp. 12 etchings by R de Los Rios. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 698 pages. 9.25x6.25x2.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Library edition. Octavo, Two volumes (xiv, 425 pages ; viii, 458 pages). In Fair plus condition. Spines are brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelf wear. Text blocks have gilt top edge. First volume has cocked spine and cracked front hinge, second volume has cracked rear hinge. Illustrated: "Embellished with engravings after paintings by Robert Smirke"- title page; b&w frontispieces and plates with tissue guards. Edition statement from spine tail. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column L. 1385184. FP New Rockville Stock.

Zustand: Good. 18mo. Gilt Full Leather, Marbled Endpapers, Letterpress, 202 pp., Good with wear along edges & spine of boards, boards loosened from spine, end papers loose, staining. Engravings.

Zustand: Good. 18mo. Gilt Full Leather, Marbled Endpapers, Letterpress, 190 pp., Good with wear along edges & spine of boards, boards loosened from spine, some staining. Engravings.

hardback, 8vo (200x135mm), complete in 3 volumes, lx,398;395;407pp, 12 plates by R. de Los Rios, owner's bookplate in each vol, slight browning, text clean and bindings sound, parchment-covered boards and quarter-leather binding, gilt titles, slightly rubbed, some browning on the boards, Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Vol. 1- 398 pages. Vol. 2- 407 pages. Vol. 3- 395 pages. 5 x 7 1/4 in. Maroon cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine, top edge of text block gilt. Condition of each volume is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers, heavy wear to spine ends esp. top ends and bottom end of Vol. 1, spines faded and soiled, corners lightly worn, cover edge of Vol. 3 and one small spot on rear cover edge highly abraded, edges of text block yellowed, pages clean, binding tight.

Zustand: Good. London: J. J. Dubochet, Charles Tilt, H. Hooper, 1836. Later reprint. 2 volumes. Sm 4to. 486+478pp. Illus. by Jean Gigoux. Good book. Half leather binding. General rubbing and edgewear. Boards rubbed, corners bumped. Owner's name on title page. (picaresque literature, social classes) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A smartly bound edition of this translation of Lesage's highly popular novel Gil Blas in two volumes. Complete in two volumes. With a frontispiece and illustrated title page to each volume. A highly popular picaresque novel following the life of Gil Blas. Born in misery to a stable-hand and a chambermaid, he is educated by his uncle and leaves his home to attend the University of Salamanca. His bright future is suddenly interrupted when he is forced to help robbers along the route and is faced with jail. Written by Alain-Rene Lesage, a French novelist and playwright best known for his comic novel The Devil upon Two Sticks. Translated by Tobias George Smollett, a Scottish writer and surgeon. In the original full calf. Externally, smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light age toning to the extremities. The previous owner's label to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. 3 vols.: xi, 388; vii, 375; viii, 398 p. 23 cm. Each volume has frontispiece + 9 plates for a total of 30. Half leather with marbled paper boards. Respined with gold trim and black and burgundy spine labels. Corners and edges worn, some rubbing to boards. Foxing. Tissue guards present. Tobias Smollett, in the preface to his first novel, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), acknowledges the influence of Le Sage's L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane on his work. By far the most successful of "useful and entertaining" romances, Smollett writes, Gil Blas describes "the knavery and foibles of life, with infinite humour and sagacity." "The following sheets," he adds significantly, "I have modeled on his plan." Smollett's translation of Gil Blas appeared nine months after the publication of Roderick Random. This chronicle of a merry, philosophical young man whose adventures lead him into all levels of society from the highest to the lowest, presents special problems for a translator. Smollett, without always adhering to the literal expression of the novel's language, is true to its style, spirit, and ideas. After two and a half centuries, his remains the finest translation of this humorous, satiric, and classic French novel.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3 volume 4to hardcover set in marbled boards with blue leather spines. Boards all tight spines not chipped but general wear with library numbers on spine. End papers have library book plates and name on bottom of volume pages outside. Contents in all are nice and tight with a little minor spotting. 15 color aquatint plates in very good condition. A little polish would look much better.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Third Edition. Moderate wear and rubbing to edges of spine and boards. Chips between 1/8" and 3/8" in size to leather at corners of boards. 1/8" missing to leather at head of spine on Volume 2 and 4. Light to moderate vertical creases to spine leather. 2 1/2" split to tail of upper joint on Volume III, otherwise joints rubbed but still strong. Hinges cracked at endpapers on all volumes. Small chip and stain to spine label on Volume I. A few leaves protuding from text block in Volumes I and II, with worn margins. ; Four volumes. Contemporary full calf binding with gilt rule to spine and simple gilt border to boards. Red spine labels. Pagination: xii, 312; iv, 263; vii, [1], 292; viii, 276 + frontispiece to each volume + plates. Page dimensions: 165 x 100mm.; 12mo.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good condition. Octavo. xii, 384; viii, 378; xi, 392; 15 plates. Original calf with decorative boards and gilt lettering tooling and ruling on spines. Marbled edges and endpapers. Three frontispieces plus twelve hand colored aquatints. Gil Blas is a picaresque novel by French author Alain-René Lesage published between 1715 and 1735. Considered to be the last masterpiece of the picaresque genre. Lesage uses witty valets in the service of thieving masters, women of questionable morals, cuckolded yet happy husbands, gourmands, ridiculous poets, false savants, and dangerously ignorant doctors to make his point. Each class and each occupation becomes an archetype. Some light wear along edges of bindings, lightly scuffed at edges and leather at front joint o first volume cracked but held together. Small chips at head and tails of spines. Some offsetting of aquatints to facing pages.

Third edition of the Smollett translation (first published in 1749). 12mo. 4 volumes: xii, 312; iv, 263; vii, 292; viii, 276 pp. Illustrated with a copper-engraved frontispiece to each volume and 29 other copper-engraved plates. For his own fiction, Smollett "preferred to adapt to his purpose the 'picaresque' method of Le Sage . Smollett's hero, like 'Gil Blas' recounts a life of varied adventures, which he experiences in the company of a servant" (DNB, from a long entry). CBEL II, p. 525. Lowndes Vol. II, p. 1343: "A translation of great merit . the English author is true to the sense manner and spirit of the original, and is often extremely happy in the interchange of particular idioms" (quoted from Tytler). A little foxing, but a very good copy. Later tan polished calf (rubbed, especially joints and spine ends), gilt, marbled endpapers, leather labels and gilt rules and ornaments between raised bands on spine, aall edges gilt, by Zaehnsdorf. (#5970).

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good/Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, As Issued. Two Volumes. Tall thick 8vo., 486, 478pp. Beautiful Early Edition. Bound in full dark green Morocco, double gilt ruled with gilt decorations on each board. Raised bands with gilt ruled and decorated compartments. Spine titles in gilt. All edges gilt. Numerous head pieces and int-text b&w illustrations by Jean Gigoux. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps an errant spot hear or there but barely. Gilt edges a bit dulled and blemished in areas. Mild rubbing to edges and tips. Small, neat contemporary ownership signature on title page of both volumes. Better than a Very Good and not quite a Near Fine. A very pleasing collectable set at a great price. Please note: International and Priority shipping may require additional postage.