{"title":"François Delachaux","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"le-diable-boiteux","title":"Le Diable boiteux.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLESAGE Alain-René. Le Diable boiteux.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, Chez La Veuve Barbin,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e1707.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn-8 (164 x 99 mm): [6] ff, 318 pp, [5] ff. Full black jansenist morocco, spine with faux-nerves, author and title stamped in gold in the second box, date stamped in gold at the tail of the spine, edges decorated with a double gilt fillet, gilt edges, interior roulette (\u003cem\u003eM. Godillot\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExtremely rare first edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘Copies of this first edition are extremely rare’ (Tchemerzine), and only around ten copies of the first edition have been recorded (Cohen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is mainly due to the fact that Lesage reworked the text of the 1726 edition - the earlier editions were then abandoned (Cordier). However, \u003cstrong\u003ethe novel was so successful that thirteen editions were published between 1707 and 1711\u003c\/strong\u003e. Our copy is in second condition, with folio B1 (page 17) hardback and pages 141 to 144 repeated (Tchemerzine).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLesage dedicated the book to the Spanish Golden Age author Louis Velez de Guevara (1579-1644), since it is an adaptation of El Diablo Cojuelo. Le diable boiteux was ‘one of the most considerable bestsellers of the entire eighteenth century’ (Chatelain).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSlight rubbing to the corners of the second cover and light stains on a few leaves.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the François Delachaux library, his bookplate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTchemerzine, VI, 189 ; Cohen, 628 ; Cordier,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEssai bibliographique sur les œuvres d'Alain René-Lesage, le Diable boiteux\u003c\/em\u003e, Paris, La Haye, Mouton, 1970, pp. 22-23 ; Chatelain, n°178.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53754583482693,"sku":"0243","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00024.jpg?v=1733099665"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.librairie-alexisnoque.fr\/en\/collections\/provenance-francois-delachaux.oembed","provider":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","version":"1.0","type":"link"}