Paris

First 12mo edition translated from the English by Abbé Prévost, following the original French edition published in 1746 (20 volumes in quarto). The original English-language version, written by John Green (16..?-1757), was published in 1745.
The 72 volumes are illustrated with 324 engravings and a portrait of the author drawn by Charles-Nicolas Cochin fils, as well as 230 maps and plans by Bellin. Title pages printed in red and black.
Uniformly bound in full brown calf. Spines with five raised bands, richly gilt with floral tools, roll-stamped borders, and gilt fillets; red morocco title and volume labels. Boards framed with double or triple gilt fillets depending on the volume...

First edition on ordinary paper with the correct date of printing of 8 November 1913; Nrf covers, second impression title page with the typographic error to Grasset corrected, Gallimard sales label from 1917.
Half blue morocco over marbled paper boards by Thomas Boichot, spine in six compartments, gilt date to foot, blue paper pastedowns and endpapers, covers preserved, top edge gilt.
A few small wormholes mostly affecting covers, ink ex dono to head of upper cover.
A nicely bound copy.