A CONTINUATOR OF PICARESQUE LITERATURE IN FRANCE - Lot 106

A CONTINUATOR OF PICARESQUE LITERATURE IN FRANCE LE SAGE. OEUVRES. Paris, Antoine Augustin Renouard, 1821. Twelve in-8° volumes (Port. 348 pp // 535 pp // 560 pp // ii-370pp // 632 pp // 436 pp // ii-421 pp, 1 f // 465 pp // 354 pp // 440 pp // 511 pp // 484 pp. ) full binding in glazed porphyry calf, ornate spines, red title-pieces, boards decorated with lace, edges mottled (very fine restoration binding) Very fine copy. Beautiful collective edition which, in addition to Gil Blas, Beauchêne, Guzman, le Bachelier de Salamanque, Estevanille Gonzales, Roland l'Amoureux, Théatre et mélanges... contains for the first time the "Nouvelles Aventures de Don Quichotte" after Avellaneda. Lesage, a lawyer by training, did little trial work, and began his career in literature with translations from Spanish. Heir to Cervantes and Fielding, he continued in the pure tradition of the 17th century. He thus contributed to making picaresque literature known in France. Palau, 136579. Brunet, III, 1005.