Tournai: Delcourt 1991. Later printing juin 2007. Hardcover. Very Good-. Oversize 8 7/8 x 12 1/2. B&W. Sewn binding in laminated pictorial boards. Scarce in hardcover. A solid copy with firm binding and intact hinges. Spine slightly slanted. No marks. Surface abrasion and wear to extremities. Delcourt hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 1689 ISBN : 2906187798 9782906187795
Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1873. Hardcover. Very good. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. xix 231 pages. Quarter red Morocco over marbled boards. Text in French. Condition is Very Good; Light wear to edges of covers and spine text and illustrations are very clean and unmarked binding is tight. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown "G.E. Stechert & Co. Alfred Hafner New York". Sci. RGR Gauthier-Villars hardcover
Paris: A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé 1939. Fine. A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé Paris 1939 13.50 x 20 cm broché New edition one of 60 numbered copies on Japan paper deluxe copy. Stains at head of second cover. A full-margined copy. Work illustrated with wood engravings in head- and tailpieces consisting of reproductions of Marc-Antoine engravings. A l'enseigne du Pot Cassé unknown
à Paris: Chez André Cailleau 1724. Fine. Chez André Cailleau à Paris 1724 9 x 16.50 cm relié The rare first edition. Contemporary brown full calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps torn. One lack to the tail compartment. One corner slightly bumped. The privilege continuation has been placed at the end of the novel probably because it contains the table on the verso. Story of the son of the King of Sweden who finds himself transported through the air by means of a cloud and winds and finds himself in Spain where we witness his adventures. The reader's notice specifies: ""Les avantures dont je parle ne sont pas chimériques . Elle sont tirées de l'histoire secrette de Suède."" ""The adventures I speak of are not chimerical . They are drawn from the secret history of Sweden."". The approbation is signed by Father Richard and notes the sweet pleasure and amusement of this tale which follows in the footsteps of Cyrano. La vieille précieuse is a short comedy in which we see an elderly lady whose new attire allows her to seduce again. Legrand was a famous actor and playwright of the 17th century; he wrote about forty plays including one about Cartouche the famous bandit whom he even visited in his prison to give his play more realism. Blue stamp on title page: Jouaunnau de Nully. Lunay. La Vaudourière. NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours. Chez André Cailleau hardcover