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The adventures of Gil Blas of Santillana / newly translated from the French of A.R. Lesage by Martin Smart ; embellished with one hundred copper-plates ; in four volumes.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Singer-Mendenhall Collection PQ1997.G6 E5 1807 v.1-4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747.
- Standardized Title:
- Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Penn Provenance:
- Spencer, Francis George, 1802-1886 (former owner) (inscription) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Montgomery, G. A. (inscription) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 v. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1807.
- Language Note:
- English translation of: Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane.
- Notes:
- "Directions for placing the plates.": Vol. 2, p. [338]; v. 3: p. [xii]; v. 4: p. [xii].
- Vol. 2 has erratum on p. 337.
- Vol. 4 has publisher's advertisement at end of volume.
- Local Notes:
- Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from Antiquates Fine and Rare Books.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 1 has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription of Francis George Spencer, 2nd Baron Churchill of Wychwood, 1802-1886 ("F.G. Spenceri liber e Dono G.A. Montgomery - A.D. 1814") in brown ink at head of title leaf; v. 2 has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("F G Spencer e dono G.A Montgomery A.D. 1814") in brown ink at head of title leaf; v. 3 has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("F.G. Spencer E dono G.A. Montgomery A.D. 1814") in brown ink at head of title leaf; v. 4 has dated 19th-century ms. gift inscription ("F.G. Spencer- e dono G.A. Montgomery A.D. 1814") in brown ink at head of title leaf.
- Singer-Mendenhall copy: v. 2: portion of head margin of first contents leaf excised; portion of head margin of title leaf, second contents leaf, and last printed leaf excised and mended with a blank leaf.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 7200790
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