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LESAGE, Alain-René and GARGANI, Achille (trans.
See original version (French)
154
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LESAGE, Alain-René and GARGANI, Achille (trans.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
LESAGE, Alain-René and GARGANI, Achille (trans.). *Il Baccelliere di Salamanca o Memorie e Avventure di don Cherubino della Ronda*.
Unpublished manuscript of an Italian translation of *The Bachelor of Salamanca*, Lesage’s final novel.
No place, no date [first half of the 19th century].
1 volume, large quarto, green Russian half-leather edged with a gilt garland, plain spine with gilt and embossed decoration.
306 pages in brown ink (302 x 210 mm), ruled in the margins in graphite and at the top in ink.
Binding moderately rubbed, covers slightly sun-faded with a circular stain on the front cover, and a small tear in the inner margin of the title page.
Unpublished manuscript of this Italian translation by a certain Achille Gargani of Lesage’s *The Bachelor of Salamanca*. This translation does not appear to have led to a printed edition, as the only one published is that by Lorenzo Tassi, published by Truffi in 1837.
(See *Bibliografia italiana*, Year 4, No. 2, February 1838, p. 31 regarding the 1837 translation).
A fine, very fresh manuscript that deserves to be rediscovered and published.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Collectors’ books for sale – First editions – Illustrated editions – Varia IV
Auction location
Auction time
11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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