Item #231797 Voyages du Capitaine Gulliver en divers pays eloignes. [Including in tom. 3 the apocryphal “Second voyage a Brobdingnag”; the “Voyage des Sevarambes” adapted from Denis Vairasse D'Allais; and the “Observations sur les voyages de Lemuel Gulliver, addressaes a Monsieur Swift” by Corolini di Marco, an adaptation of the four “keys” issued pseudonymously by Edmund Curll, i.e. “A Key, being observations and explanatory notes, upon the travels of Lemuel Gulliver. By Signor Corolini”; “The Brobdingnagians”, etc., With engraved plates - Complete in 3 volumes. Jonathan Swift.

Voyages du Capitaine Gulliver en divers pays eloignes. [Including in tom. 3 the apocryphal “Second voyage a Brobdingnag”; the “Voyage des Sevarambes” adapted from Denis Vairasse D'Allais; and the “Observations sur les voyages de Lemuel Gulliver, addressaes a Monsieur Swift” by Corolini di Marco, an adaptation of the four “keys” issued pseudonymously by Edmund Curll, i.e. “A Key, being observations and explanatory notes, upon the travels of Lemuel Gulliver. By Signor Corolini”; “The Brobdingnagians”, etc., With engraved plates - Complete in 3 volumes

1762, 1st edition in this form. La Haye : Jean Swart. Signature of U. Caroline (?) to the title. Finely bound all in near contemporary aniline calf over boards. Raised bands with contrasting leather labels and elaborate spine compartment tooling. Minor, generalized wear to the board extremities. Remains quite a well-preserved set; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #231797

Physical description; 3 tom. ; 8º. Other names; Vairasse, Denis (approximately 1630-approximately 1696). Language; French.

Price: €1,295.00

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