From Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About this Item
357pp, [1]. The title page is a cancel; a reissue of Hogg's edition of [1794] without the advertisement on the verso of p.357. Contemporary sheep, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to upper board and spine. Recent book-label of J. F. Fuggles to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of M. Lodge to recto of FFEP, a trifle toned. A revised edition of Scottish poet Tobias Smollett's (1721-1771) translation of Alain Rene Le Sage's (1688-1747) influential picaresque novel. Smollett's masterful adaptation of the text first appeared in 1748; of the 3000 copies printed fewer than 400 remained unsold after four months. The work would reach it's tenth edition by 1790. ESTC T135691. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # AQ21634
Bibliographic Details
Title: The history and adventures of gil blas, of ...
Publisher: Printed for the proprietors; and sold by all booksellers in town and country, London
Publication Date: 1795
Edition: New edition, revised and corrected.
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