{"title":"Marcel Godillot","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. 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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. 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