Zélie dans le désert [Ensemble] Supplément pour servir de suite à l'histoire de Zélie

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.