The Bachelor of Salamanca – Alain René Le Sage – 1767 | Irish Nobility Ownership

The Bachelor of Salamanca by Alain Rene Le Sage is an adventure novel following the life of Don Cherubin de la Ronda, a young Spanish adventurer. While not as popular as Le Sage’s more famous Gil Blas, The Bachelor of Salamanca proved to be desirable comedy of misadventure even if in the shadow of Gil Blas. This 1767 second edition was published in two volume by Richardson and Urquhart.

Worth noting, this particular example was owned by an Irish noble!

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bachelor of Salamanca, or Memoirs of Don Cherubim de la Ronda
• Author(s): Alain René Le Sage
• Publisher: London, Printed for Richardson and Urquhart
• Edition: Second English Edition, 1767
• Format: (12mo), two-volume set
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  7in x 4in (17.8 cm x 10.2 cm)
• Collation:
  • Vol I: [xii], 260 pp;
  • Vol II: [xii], 251 pp
• Contents Include:
  • Full English text
• Provenance: bookplate – “De Burgh, Earl of Clanricarde”
  • Owned by John Smith de Burgh, 11^th Earl of Clanricarde, an 18^th-century noble who changed his name legally from Dunkellin to “De Burgh” in 1752.

Condition:

Very Good. Original leather binding remains firm, with surface rubbing at hinges and corners. Gilt spine decoration remains legible. Text block is complete and secure. No evidence of restoration or internal damage.

Why Collect This?

• Owned by a prominent Irish noble, 11^th Earl of Clanricarde
• Early English translation of a famed French adventure novel

Item Number: # 29012