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71 - GRAINVILLE (Jean-Baptiste COUSIN de). *LE DERNIER HOMME*, a posthumous work. Paris: Deterville, 1805. Two Bradel in-12 volumes bound in red paper, smooth spine divided by gilt fillets, gilt title and volume number, edges speckled in blue and red (contemporary binding). Vol. 1: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 200 pp. - Vol. 2: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 175 pp., (1) folio of errata. ORIGINAL COMPOSITE EDITION of this pioneering novel of CONJECTURAL LITERATURE, of which “the rarity of its only two editions [makes] it a virtually unknown work.” (Versins). The first volume bears the correct date of “1805,” while the second volume contains the revised title, dated “1811,” with the joint publisher’s address “Chez Ferra” and “Chez Deterville” and the notation “Second edition, published by Charles Nodier.” A BEAUTIFUL COPY preserved in its original, intact binding, printed on fine laid paper and free of foxing. ¶ Versins, 374: “one of the most overlooked yet most important works [of science fiction].”
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GRAINVILLE (Jean-Baptiste COUSIN de). *LE DERNIER HOMME*, a posthumous work. Paris: Deterville, 1805. Two Bradel in-12 volumes bound in red paper, smooth spine divided by gilt fillets, gilt title and volume number, edges speckled in blue and red (contemporary binding). Vol. 1: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 200 pp. - Vol. 2: (2) folios of half-title and title page, 175 pp., (1) folio of errata. ORIGINAL COMPOSITE EDITION of this pioneering novel of CONJECTURAL LITERATURE, of which “the rarity of its only two editions [makes] it a virtually unknown work.” (Versins). The first volume bears the correct date of “1805,” while the second volume contains the revised title, dated “1811,” with the joint publisher’s address “Chez Ferra” and “Chez Deterville” and the notation “Second edition, published by Charles Nodier.” A BEAUTIFUL COPY preserved in its original, intact binding, printed on fine laid paper and free of foxing. ¶ Versins, 374: “one of the most overlooked yet most important works [of science fiction].”
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