Lesage, Alain René. - Gil Blas de Santillana - 1890

Author: Alain René Lesage.
Title: History of Gil Blas de Santillana.
Publication: Barcelona: Espasa y Compañía, Editores.
years: ca 1890
Edition: very carefully crafted, luxurious, sturdy and luxurious.
2 sturdy volumes and large heavy books. Binding firm and solid. Perga merminated parchment-like cover with blind embossing in black and a golden rosette in red lettering. Smooth spine on black hard faux leather, recently restored, endpapers in brown marbles.
Large print, carefully produced and luxurious edition, extensively illustrated with oleographs on a full page.
Dimensions per book: in-4 fol major. 36 x 28 x 6 cm
XLIII p. + 2 h. + 600 p.; [14] pl
542 p. + 1 h. [14]
In very good condition, recently restored, with internal reinforcements, spine, repaired leaves and endpapers, good sewing, complete and sound, some dry moisture stain on the last pages of volume 1 at the bottom. The rest in very good condition."