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Second complete edition, with some parts in first edition, expanded with a second volume, in the translation by Ramond de Carbonnières, annotated and augmented with his observations. 8 pages of catalogue at rear.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label, green morocco volume label. Headcap of volume I worn down, joints cracked at foot. On volume 2, upper joint cracked at foot. Rubbing. 4 corners slightly bumped. Some foxing in margins.
Coxe made 2 journeys (in 1766 and 1779) through the Swiss cantons, his letters abound with picturesque descriptions, augmented by the translator's remarks who also made a journey to Switzerland. A second volume would appear the following year.

Fine edition with Oudry's 276 engravings, from the 1755-1759 edition. [...] it is little known and quite rare, much rarer than the Desaint and Saillant edition of 1755. (Rochambeau, 124)
Near-contemporary bindings (late 18th century) in half brown calf, smooth spines decorated with camel morocco title and volume labels, paste-paper boards, all edges red. Rubbing to boards.
Some leaves uniformly browned and light dampstains without any damage to the engravings.
Contemporary bibliographical label pasted to verso of first endpaper.
Fine edition of this great classic of French literature illustrated by the greatest animal painter, Jean-Baptiste Oudry.

First collected edition. The various parts composing this collection were first published separately from 1780 to 1786. The volume numbering is placed on the half-title. The thirteenth part which completes the collection is absent from this set, the second part of the life of Tourville being missing. 11 portraits at frontispiece. The life of Ruiter is divided into 2 volumes and is found in the second part of the fifth volume and in the first part of the sixth volume. The edition is composed of certain volumes from the first editions to which a half-title has been added.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Red sheep title label, black sheep volume label. Head of first volume worn down, head of second volume partly torn away. Head of volume 5 partly worn. Tail of volume 4 with loss. A cut at tail of volume 3. Most corners bumped. Set rubbed and worn.
Volumes 1 and 2: Barberousse and Corneille Tromp. Volumes 3 and 4: Cassard and Doria. Volumes 5 and 6: Forbin and Du Quesne. Volumes 7 and 8: Jean D'Estrées and Victor-Marie D'Estrées; Jean Bart. Volumes 9 and 10: Dugay-Trouin and Ruiter. Volumes 11 and 12: Ruiter and Tourville. Explanation of naval terms at end of volume VII.

Second edition of the first two volumes of the novel and first edition of the rare sequel published in 1788 (exchange of letters between Zélie and her friend). On the 3 title pages: By Madame D... The first edition of the first 2 volumes, 1786-1787.
Binding in full speckled blonde calf for the first 2 volumes, in speckled blonde sheep for the supplement. Red morocco title and volume labels. Rubbing. Scuffing to boards. Good copies.
The only work and novel by Marguerite Daubenton, wife of the famous naturalist. The novel appears to be inspired by the Aethiopica of Heliodorus of Emesa. The story tells the life of Zélie, her arrival in the Sumatra desert following a shipwreck and her life as a castaway, her reunion with d'Ermancour, the man she loves and whom she knew in Paris, and the twenty or so years spent with him, his servant and young Ninette, daughter of her friend who died shortly after giving birth to her, then their final return to Normandy. A book by Marcel Arland bears exactly the same title, without knowing whether the latter is an adaptation of the former.

First edition on bluish paper.
Contemporary glacé full red morocco binding. Smooth spine decorated. Black morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on boards. Interior roll tooling. Edges gilt. Handsome copy.
Year calendar, numerous pieces and anonymous poetry, some signed by the publisher Baude de la Croix, extracts from Saadi, fables, etc...