THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS OF SANTILLANE

A new translation by the Author of Roderick Random . . . In four volumes. Pp. x+260(last blank)+iv+220+viii+244 +viii+232, 33 engraved plates (including frontispiece Volume I), head and tailpiece decorations and a few decorative initials; f'cap. 12mo, in sixes; early mottled calf, spines decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered contrasting red & green title and volume labels, boards with gilt edges, lightly worn (heaviest at fore-corners), joints starting, spines chipped at extremities and slightly rubbed; marbled endpapers, with signs of removal of [bookseller's?] sticker from upper pastedowns, early ownership inscription or signature on blank preliminary each volume and another (earlier?) signature on verso of upper free endpaper Volume I, hinges starting, a few leaves faintly creased, with a long vertical crease across most of pp. 85-6 in Volume I becoming a closed tear (no text loss), most plates lightly offset, a couple of tiny edge chips or splits, a few small marginal damp stains, scattered light foxing and soiling; printed for T. Osborne, London, 1764. Fifth edition. ESTC N4250. *First published in French between 1715 and 1735. The plates in this edition are not attributed. Smollett acknowledged the influence of Gil Blas upon his own work.…