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Excerpt from The Adventures of Gil Blas De Santillana, Vol. 2 of 2
Born: Sarzeau (brittany) May 8, 1668. Died: Boulogne (pas-de-calais) November 17, 1747. The first two volumes of Gil Blas, ' containing Books I VI were published at Paris in 1715 the third volume, containing Books VI I -ix, appeared at Paris in 1724; and the fourth, containing Books X - XII, in 1735. Ah edition of the complete work, revised by the author, was issued at Paris in 1747. Smollett's translation was first nublz'shed in 1748. In The Torld's Classics it was first published in 1907. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
