40 - [AUBIGNÉ (Théodore AGRIPPA D')].

[AUBIGNÉ (Théodore AGRIPPA D')]. The Adventures of the Baron of Fæneste. In the Desert, Printed at the Author's Expense [Geneva, Pierre Aubert], 1630. In-12, calfskin, decorated ribbed spine (late 17th-century binding). [VI] ff. + 308 pp. signed: *6, A-T8, V2. “Comprising four parts. The first three parts, revised, expanded, and divided into chapters. Together with the fourth part, newly brought to light. All by the same author.” ORIGINAL COLLECTIVE EDITION & SECOND PRINTING (with pp. 306, 307, and 308 correctly numbered, with the characteristic title medallion) of this satirical novel, which led to its printer being condemned by the Petit Conseil of Geneva, with an order to destroy the entire print run. From the Loynel Library, with bookplate. Skillful restorations to the binding; title page reinforced; water damage affecting the first 120 pp., including the title page. “The only complete edition of these dialogues to have appeared during the author’s lifetime” (Brunet, I, 545); Tchemerzine, I, 175; De Backer, I, nos. 593–594 (who considers it a counterfeit).