73 proof impressions of all 12 illustrations

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1 BAYARD, Émile.
[Paris, 1885]. Folio (35 x 29 cm). Contemporary half goatskin morocco, marbled sides and endpapers, with a spine title in gold. Proofs of 12 engraved plates in many different states, giving 73 prints in total, engraved by Jules Massard and Eugène Abot after Emilé Bayard (image size 10.7 x 7.3 cm; plate size 19 x 14 cm). Full description >>

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The shipwreck of the floating islands loaded with the vices of the world

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2 [MORELLY, Etienne-Gabriel].
A Messine (Paris), Par une Société de Libraires, 1753. 2 vols. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf with triple gilt lines along the edges, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. Engraved allegorical frontispiece with the portrait of the 'author/translator', titles printed in red and black, two engraved title vignettes. (2), XLI, (1), 216; (4), 307 pp. Full description >>

Related Subjects: 18th Century  French  Imaginary Voyages & Utopias  Literary History, 18th-20th century 

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