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263 - SWIFT, Jonathan. LALAUZE.

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€200 - 300

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31.2%

SWIFT, Jonathan. LALAUZE. The Four Voyages of Captain Lemuel Gulliver. Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1875. 4 parts in 2 in-12 volumes (17 x 10.5 cm), (2) ff, D-XXX-(1)-130 pp., (1) f.; 139 pp. (2) ff. + (2) ff. 135-(1) pp.; 175-(1) pp. Contemporary blue morocco, ribbed spine, title and volume number in gold, panels decorated with metal dies, gold fillet and dots, triple gold fillet on the covers and double fillets on the edges and caps, gold lace on the inside, gold leaf on marbled paper on the edges [Cuzin] (minimal scuffing on the corners). Description: A beautiful illustrated edition of Gulliver’s Travels, translated by Abbé Desfontaines, revised and prefaced by H. Reynald. Printed by Jouaust and illustrated with a portrait of the author as a frontispiece and 8 black etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. One of the copies from a small print run on China or Whatman paper, enhanced with a pre-letter proof of the engravings; this is no. 21 on Whatman. Beautiful binding by Cuzin.

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Books & Manuscripts
Wednesday, December 2
11:00 AM
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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