GRIVEL, Guillaume. L'Isle inconnue, or Memoirs of the Cheval - Lot 256

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GRIVEL, Guillaume. L'Isle inconnue, or Memoirs of the Cheval - Lot 256
GRIVEL, Guillaume. L'Isle inconnue, or Memoirs of the Chevalier des Gastines. Paris, Moutard, 1783 (I-IV) and 1787 (V-VI). 6 vol. in-12 of xvj, 296 pp; 278 pp; 303 pp; 317, [3] pp; viij, 412 pp; 533 pp. marbled fawn basane, smooth spine with flowers, title-page in red and fawn morocco (VI), tomes in green morocco (I6IV) and havana (V-VI), gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. (Contemporary binding). First edition of 1783 with the continuation published in 1787 of this physiocratic utopia, a French-style robinsonnade. Well complete with the 12 engravings and the folding table. In contemporary binding. Rare. Handwritten bookplate of Sylvestre Gay. Some damage to the binding, the spines of the last 2 volumes different from the first four, although from the period. Good copy however.
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