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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Good +. Gigoux, Jean. vi, [3], 6-764 p.: frontispiece and 13 leaves of plates, all with blue tissue guards: many in-text illustrations; 22 cm. Contemporary half polished calf with marbled paper over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled title in second compartment, and decoration in remainder of compartments. All page edges marbled with matching marbled endpapers. Engraved initial letters. Gift inscription on blank leaf following front free endpaper dated 1858. Former owner's name at head of title page: Elizabeth Fry. In Good+ Condition: front board detached but present; edges and boards are rubbed; clean and bright.

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New York: A.L. Burt Company Book. Good Plus to Very Good. Full Leather on Flexible Board. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Smooth red calf on flexible boards. Front hinge cracked and glued. Small nick in cover edge. Translated by Tobias Smollett. Gil Blas is born into poverty, but a rich uncle sends him to university. Involved by coincidence in a robbery, he survives jail and becomes a valet. His practiced observations of his fellow Spaniards are widely noted, and he enters the favour of the king and prime minister. He retires in luxury. 629 pp..

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