{"product_id":"histoire-de-gil-blas-de-santillane-tome-v-toulouse-1788-with-the-plates","title":"Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, Tome V, Toulouse 1788, with the plates","description":"\u003cp\u003eVolume five of a provincial edition of Lesage's Gil Blas, printed at Toulouse for the bookseller Simon Sacareau in 1788, with its engraved plates present, in a spatter-marbled calf binding that is as unique as it is beautiful. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGil Blas was the most read French novel of the eighteenth century, the story of a Spanish valet who rises through every kind of household and learns something dishonest in each. Lesage published it in parts between 1715 and 1735, and printers all over France kept it in stock for the rest of the century. This is the regional trade edition of its day, the copy a reader in the south bought because it was on the shelf. Volume five holds Books IX and X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoire de Gil Blas de Santillane, par M. Le Sage, nouvelle edition revue et corrigee, avec des figures, Tome Cinquieme. A Toulouse, chez Simon Sacareau, libraire, rue Saint-Rome, a l'enseigne du Parnasse, M.DCC.LXXXVIII, avec approbation et permission. Half-title present. Multiple original engraved plates are within this edition. Duodecimo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne oddity, described on the card: the Table des Chapitres and Approbation bound at the back belong to Tome VI of the set, a binder's or printer's swap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe copy\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary calf spattered in green and red, spine gilt in compartments with the volume number 5 in a roundel and lettered HISTOIR DE GILBLA. Headcap chipped, corners bumped, joints rubbed but holding. Text clean with light toning. Condition graded Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you receive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book, with its annotation card: accession number, era, date, materials, condition, confidence level and wall text. Ships boxed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"In Memoriam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52953727533368,"sku":"IM-0054","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/5715\/0776\/files\/IM-0054-03-title.jpg?v=1789377035","url":"https:\/\/inmemoriamantiques.com\/products\/histoire-de-gil-blas-de-santillane-tome-v-toulouse-1788-with-the-plates","provider":"In Memoriam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}