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Volumes 1-2 - Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

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Volumes 1-2 - Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/117917409
Description	By Alain René Le Sage; translated from the French of Le Sage by T. Smollet; to which is prefixed a memoir of the author by Thomas Roscoe; illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Shelfmark	ABS.1.77.111
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1833 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Novels Translations (documents) Adventure stories Adventurers Satire (artistic device)
Person / organisation:	Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 [Translator] Roscoe, Thomas, 1791-1871 [Author of introduction, etc.] Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 [Illustrator] Le Sage, Alain René, 1668-1747 [Author]
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