LE SAGE, Alain-René. Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane ... nouvelle édition, Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1733-35, 4 volumes, 12°, titles in red and black with woodcut vignette, 32 engraved plates (vol. I [?] lacking *1, clean tear to F5 in vol. III affecting 5 lines of text, B2 and G5 of vol. II also cleanly torn), 18th-century polished calf, gilt panelled spines, sides with 19th-century gilt-stamped monogram of Emilia F. S. Dilke, red sprinkled edges, 18th-century bookplate of Henry Hoare, tipped-in form of bequest to Chelsea Public Libraries by Gertrude M. Tuckwell, ca. 1900 -- [Jean-Claude GORGY] 'Ann'Quin Bredouille; ou, Le petit cousin de Tristram Shandy, Paris: Guillot, Cuchet, 1791-92, 6 volumes, 18°, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 3 engraved plates (P4r in vol. IV soiled), contemporary calf, spines rubbed and chipped. With 26 other volumes, including some odd volumes and part sets. The lot sold not subject to return. 	 (37)
LE SAGE, Alain-René. Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane ... nouvelle édition, Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1733-35, 4 volumes, 12°, titles in red and black with woodcut vignette, 32 engraved plates (vol. I [?] lacking *1, clean tear to F5 in vol. III affecting 5 lines of text, B2 and G5 of vol. II also cleanly torn), 18th-century polished calf, gilt panelled spines, sides with 19th-century gilt-stamped monogram of Emilia F. S. Dilke, red sprinkled edges, 18th-century bookplate of Henry Hoare, tipped-in form of bequest to Chelsea Public Libraries by Gertrude M. Tuckwell, ca. 1900 -- [Jean-Claude GORGY] 'Ann'Quin Bredouille; ou, Le petit cousin de Tristram Shandy, Paris: Guillot, Cuchet, 1791-92, 6 volumes, 18°, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 3 engraved plates (P4r in vol. IV soiled), contemporary calf, spines rubbed and chipped. With 26 other volumes, including some odd volumes and part sets. The lot sold not subject to return. (37)

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LE SAGE, Alain-René. Les Avantures de Gil Blas de Santillane ... nouvelle édition, Amsterdam: Herman Uytwerf, 1733-35, 4 volumes, 12°, titles in red and black with woodcut vignette, 32 engraved plates (vol. I [?] lacking *1, clean tear to F5 in vol. III affecting 5 lines of text, B2 and G5 of vol. II also cleanly torn), 18th-century polished calf, gilt panelled spines, sides with 19th-century gilt-stamped monogram of Emilia F. S. Dilke, red sprinkled edges, 18th-century bookplate of Henry Hoare, tipped-in form of bequest to Chelsea Public Libraries by Gertrude M. Tuckwell, ca. 1900 -- [Jean-Claude GORGY] 'Ann'Quin Bredouille; ou, Le petit cousin de Tristram Shandy, Paris: Guillot, Cuchet, 1791-92, 6 volumes, 18°, engraved frontispiece to each volume, 3 engraved plates (P4r in vol. IV soiled), contemporary calf, spines rubbed and chipped. With 26 other volumes, including some odd volumes and part sets. The lot sold not subject to return. (37)

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