77/1288 Bulgarin, T. Lotgevallen en avonturen van den Russischen Gilblas. Een vrolijke roman. Leeuw., Steenbergen van Goor, 1832, 3 vols., (4),264; (2),248; (2),264p., 3 engr. titles, contemp. unif. limp boards w. paper letterpiece.

- Partly (badly) waterst. and mouldy, mostly at the beginning and end. Backstrips sunned and worn; vol. 2 lacks letterpiece.

= Rare Dutch translation of Ivan Vyzhigin (St. Petersburg, 1829), generally considered the first ever Russian best-seller. In only five days upon publication the novel sold over 2000 copies in Russia and by 1832 it had been translated into eight foreign languages. Scheepers II, 392.