The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

Illustrations

illustrations The four title pages and thirty-three illustrations are from the 1750 second edition copy-text of The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane in the Henry E. Huntington Library (shelfmark 89241). All images are reproduced by permission of the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The illustrations appear without captions in the copy-text; captions have been supplied by the editors. Gil Blas alarmed on his way to Pennaflor iv Title Page of Second Edition, Volume 1, 1750 2 Gil Blas serves thieves in their subterranean habitation 22 Thieves take action against a coach and horsemen 32 Two sharpers, Don Raphael and Camilla, fool Gil Blas 52 Gil Blas faithfully attends upon the Canon Sedillo 63 Gil Blas and Doctor Cuchillo come to fisticuffs 75 Gil Blas and Diego arrive at a wedding feast 101 Gil Blas serves a young beau 115 Gil Blas meets Laura pretending to be a fine lady 126 Gil Blas agrees to serve the fair Aurora 150 Title Page of Second Edition, Volume 2, 1750 151 Gil Blas and friends stumble over two men 186 x Illustrations Gil Blas and Don Alphonso approach the anchorite 201 Don Alphonso reassures the fair Seraphina 206 Don Raphael begins the history of his life 213 Don Raphael compliments Florentina 221 Don Raphael finds his mother and sister in a slave market in Algiers 234 Seraphina and her father rescued from thieves 256 The amours of Gil Blas and dame Lorença Sephora 270 Title Page of Second Edition, Volume 3, 1750 271 The archbishop accepts Gil Blas into his service 286 Gil Blas pretends to be Laura’s brother 298 Gil Blas writes memorial for Captain Chinchilla 318 Fabricius introduces Gil Blas to Count Galiano and his baboon 329 Gil Blas with the Duke of Leyva and his supplicants 344 Gil Blas arrested by the king’s men 385 Gil Blas and Don Gaston in the tower of Segovia 391 Gil Blas and Scipio travel to the Asturias 412 Title Page of Second Edition, Volume 4, 1750 413 Gil Blas visits his parents 428 Illustrations xi Gil Blas and Scipio greet the peasants 434 The amours of Gil Blas and the fair Antonia 446 Scipio tells his history 453 Count d’Olivares takes umbrage at finding Gil Blas with the king 488 The death of Count d’Olivares 540 The double wedding at Lirias 547 This page intentionally left blank ...