LESAGE (Alain-René). Gil Blas de Santillane. Paris, Charavay and Martin, Publishers, n.d. [circa 1890]. Large quarto, red half-maroquin with corner caps, double gilt fillet bordering the covers, plain gilt spine, gilt head, original illustrated cover preserved (bound by M. Ritter). “Edition abridged and revised by Léo CLARETIE” Twelve color plates & 38 tinted engravings in the text by Maurice LELOIR. ONE OF THE 50 HEAD COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, this one (No. 12), containing AN ADDITIONAL SUITE ON CHINESE PAPER of all the illustrations, THREE SETS OF COLOR PLATES ON IMPERIAL JAPAN (in yellow, blue, and red states) & AN ORIGINAL SIGNED WATERCOLOR (not used to illustrate the book). Two illustrated subscription bulletins, one of which is bound at the end and the other containing an additional color plate: “The Attack on the Carosse.”