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Synopsis

Le diable boiteux. par monsieur le sage. nouvelle edition, corrigie, refondue, orne de figures, at augmentee d'un volume. tome i. tome ii. two volumes in one.

Item Description

12mo. 5.75 x 3.5 inches. Tome I, [10] + 237 + [2] pp.; Tome II, [2] + 220 + [3] pp. Title pages in red and black. All text in French. Bound in full calf with traces of gilt decorated spine. All edges red. Extremities worn and slight cracking of outer joints; otherwise a very good crisp copy. 1813 signature on first free endpaper, repeated at head of title. Illustrated by 12 wood engraved plates, including two frontispieces. Decorated by publisher's monograms on title pages, by head and tailpiece vignettes and by initials. A comic novel, first published 1707, relating the story of the king of demons released in Madrid; the English translation was frequently entitled,The Devil upon Two Sticks (1708). It was one of the best known works of the novelist and playwright, Alain Ren? Le Sage (1668-1747), who was also the author of Gil Blas (1715-35), and was later adapted for the theatrical, opera and ballet stage. Published in Amsterdam by the book, print and map business founded by Pierre Mortier (1661-1711).