Les avantures du voyageur aerien, histoire espagnolle. Avec les paniers, où la vieille pretieuse comedie

The rare first edition.
Contemporary brown full calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Headcaps torn. One lack to the tail compartment. One corner slightly bumped. The privilege continuation has been placed at the end of the novel, probably because it contains the table on the verso.
Story of the son of the King of Sweden who finds himself transported through the air by means of a cloud and winds and finds himself in Spain where we witness his adventures. The reader's notice specifies: "Les avantures dont je parle ne sont pas chimériques [...] Elle sont tirées de l'histoire secrette de Suède." ["The adventures I speak of are not chimerical [...] They are drawn from the secret history of Sweden."]. The approbation is signed by Father Richard and notes the sweet pleasure and amusement of this tale which follows in the footsteps of Cyrano. La vieille précieuse is a short comedy, in which we see an elderly lady whose new attire allows her to seduce again. Legrand was a famous actor and playwright of the 17th century; he wrote about forty plays, including one about Cartouche, the famous bandit, whom he even visited in his prison to give his play more realism.
Blue stamp on title page: Jouaunnau de Nully. Lunay. La Vaudourière.

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