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bibliographical descriptions 1. the first edition, 1749 THE | ADVENTURES | OF | GIL BLAS | OF | SANTILLANE. | A NEW TRANSLATION , from | the best French Edition. | [single rule] | Adorned with Thirty-three CUTS, neatly| Engraved. | [single rule] | In FOUR VOLUMES. | [single rule] | VOLUME I. | [double rule]| LONDON: | Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball | in Pater-noster-Row. | MDCCXLIX. Volume 2: Title page as in volume I except “VOLUME II.” substituted for “VOLUME I.”; no comma after “TRANSLATION” or “CUTS”; with “Adorn’d.” Volume 3: Title page as in volume I except “VOLUME III.” substituted for “VOLUME I.”; no comma after “TRANSLATION” or “CUTS”; with “Adorn’d.” Volume 4: Title page as in volume I except “VOLUME IV.” substituted for “VOLUME I.” Collation: 12° in 6s (126 x 78 mm). Volume 1: A6 B–Z6 . Pp. i title, iii–vi THE | CONTENTS| OF | VOLUME.I., iii–iv THE | AUTHOR’S | DECLARATION., vii–viii GIL BLAS | TO THE | READER., 1–263 text, 264 blank. Volume 2: A2 B–T6 U2 . Pp. i title, iii–iv THE | CONTENTS | OF | VOLUME II., 1–220 text. Volume 3: A4 B4 C–X6 Y4 . Pp. i title, iii–vii THE | CONTENTS| OF | VOLUME III., viii blank, 1–244 text. Volume 4: A4 B2 C–X6 . Pp. i title, iii–vii THE | CONTENTS | OF | VOLUME IV., viii blank, 1–230 text, 231–32 blank. Press figures: Volume 1: iv-1 vii-2 6-4 31-2 67-3 68-2 90-2 98-3 134-4 144-2 164-3 175-4 210-3 215-4 247-2 251-1 259-1 260-1. Volume 2: iii-3 50-3 54-3 91-2 92-2 108-1 132-2 163-2 164-2 182-4 204-3 211-4. Volume 3: 15-3 31-3 49-4 87-3 91-3 98-4 116-4 134-4 147-3 170-1 194-4 207-2 230-3. Volume 4: 3-4 4-2 35-1 39-2 76-1 94-3 102-1 106-2 143-2 155-1 195-2 208-4 222-2. Typography: Volume 1: Catchwords: 28 ^and] “and 36 ^little] “little 38 ^are] “are 45 ^which] “which 65 ^im-] “importance 67 ^where] “where 68 ^retrieved] “retrieved 126 ^my] “my 147 ^paid] “paid 205 ^shall] “shall 245 ^for] “for 251 bu^] but. Volume 2: Catchwords: 149 ^science] “science 157 “my] ^my. Volume 3: Catchword: v mission] CHAP. XI. 106 one] out 185 none] THE. Volume 4: Page: 157=147. Catchwords: 123 none] I. Plates: Volume 1: frontispiece, 20, 40, 78, 98, 118, 171, 198, 218. Volume 2: frontispiece, 8, 64, 92, 100, 115, 127, 155, 198. Volume 3: frontispiece, 8, 36, 74, 94, 121, 190, 205. Volume 4: frontispiece, 3, 12, 23, 45, 58, 123, 218, 229. Note: That preliminary gathering A has six leaves is presumed, since the first leaf of THE | CONTENTS | OF | VOLUME.I. is signed “A3” and is preceded only by a title page, which would be A2. Perhaps A1 was a half-title that has disappeared in surviving copies. The CONTENTS continues to the recto and verso of an unsigned A4 and fills pages iii–vi. The recto and verso of an unsigned A5 contain THE | AUTHOR’S | DECLARATION. with pages numbered “iii” and “iv,” and “VOL. I.” in the direction line. These two pages are set in large 688 Bibliographical Descriptions type. This evidence points to it having been set later and inserted into the preliminary gathering as a singleton, although the catchwords offer conflicting evidence. The recto and verso of an unsigned A6 contain GIL BLAS | TO THE | READER. The pages are numbered “vii” and “viii”; the pagination might suggest that it was intended to follow THE CONTENTS, except that all the catchwords match with the leaves in the present order. Copies: British Library (12510.a.18); National Library of Scotland (RB.s.945); University of Toronto (B-10 3173); Yale University, Sterling Library (Hfd22 311). 2. the second edition, 1750 THE | ADVENTURES | OF | GIL BLAS | OF | SANTILLANE. | A NEW TRANSLATION , by | The Author of Roderick Random. | [single rule] | Adorned with Thirty-three CUTS, neatly | Engraved. | [single rule] | In FOUR VOLUMES. | [single rule] | VOLUME I. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. Osborn, at the Golden Ball in | Pater-noster-Row. | MDCCL. Volume 2: Title page as in volume I except “VOLUME II.” substituted for “VOLUME I.” Volume 3: Title page as in volume I except “VOLUME III.” substituted for “VOLUME I.” Volume 4: Title page as in...

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