Book Details
| Author: | Le Sage: |
| Title: | The Devil Upon Crutches: From the Diable Boiteux of Mr. Le Sage. A New Translation. |
| Published: | London: T. Osborn, A. Millar, R. Baldwin, S. Crowder, J. Rivington, J. Fletcher & I. Pottinger, 1759. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 01 - Literature |
| Description: | A New Translation. To Which are now first added, Asmodeus's Crutches, A Critical Letter Upon the Work; and Dialogues between Two Chimneys of Madrid. Adorned with Cuts. The Second Edition, Corrected. In Two Volumes. Vol I - viii, 266 pp + Index (14 pp). Dedication to the Illustious Don Lewis Velez De Guevara. 'Asmodeus's Crutches' pp 1 - 15. Engraved frontispiece & 5 other engraved plates. Vol II - (iv), 260 + Index (12 pp). Engraved frontispiece & 5 other engraved plates. Includes: 'Dialogues, Serious and Comic, Between Two Chimneys of Madrid' before the Index. Bound in matching contemporary tan leather with gilt tooling on edges of boards. Five raised bands with gilt rule on spines. Spine labels missing. previous owner's bookplate on feps. Vol I - Front board and ffep detached. Rear hinge cracked. Pieces of leather missing at top and bottom of spine. Corners rubbed. Foxing on engraved frontispiece - otherwise text clean. Vol II - pieces of leather missing at top and bottom of spine. Corners rubbed. Text clean throughout. Overall condition Good+. |
| Book Number: | #3757 |
| Price: | € 127.00 |
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