Henri PAJON
Histoire du prince Soly, surnommé Prenany, et de la princesse Feslée
Aux dépens de La Compagnie|à Amsterdam 1750|9 x 15.50 cm|2 parties en un volume relié
First edition, rare. Title pages in red and black. The work was reprinted in the Collection des voyages imaginaires, songes, visions et romans cabalistiques, volume XXV.
Contemporary full glazed and marbled calf binding. Smooth decorated spine. Havana morocco title-label. 2 corners bumped, one trimmed. Rubbing, particularly to edges. Scattered browning. A reasonably good copy.
A tale set in an imaginary country in South America between two peoples, the moon-worshipping Amazons, and the sun-worshipping Solinians. The story begins with the abduction by the Amazons of the prince of the Solinians. It is a marvelous tale, in the tradition of oriental tales of the period, including fairies and magic and a love story. The author presents in his epistle his work as a masterpiece, a work "as beautiful and as useful as that one"; lightness and humor are indeed never far from the narrative.
Ex libris Eroticis Piero Lorenrroni (nude woman reclining with putti).
Contemporary full glazed and marbled calf binding. Smooth decorated spine. Havana morocco title-label. 2 corners bumped, one trimmed. Rubbing, particularly to edges. Scattered browning. A reasonably good copy.
A tale set in an imaginary country in South America between two peoples, the moon-worshipping Amazons, and the sun-worshipping Solinians. The story begins with the abduction by the Amazons of the prince of the Solinians. It is a marvelous tale, in the tradition of oriental tales of the period, including fairies and magic and a love story. The author presents in his epistle his work as a masterpiece, a work "as beautiful and as useful as that one"; lightness and humor are indeed never far from the narrative.
Ex libris Eroticis Piero Lorenrroni (nude woman reclining with putti).
€500