The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

London ; New York: Viking, 1995. First ed., first printing (full number line). xxiii, 630 pages; 24 cm; index. Very good(+) to near fine(-) with mild wear to board edges in a well edge-worn about good jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670834289; 9780670834280; 9780140445800; 0140445803 LCCN: 95-199415

Translated from the French original: Manuscrit Trouvé a Saragosse. The Maclean translation is the first complete version in English. In 18th century Spain, a young officer falls in with a band of wanderers, among them a gypsy chief, a brigand and even the Wandering Jew himself. The officer hears over a hundred tales of adventure, honor, cowardice, philosophy and satanism. By a Polish ethnographer (1761-1815) who wrote in French. || Fiction Frame stories Frame stories. Récits enchâssés. Time: 1700-1799 Geographic: Spain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction. Espagne -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 18e siècle -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Spain Spain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction Identifier: French fiction; Poland. Nested stories within stories.