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116 - [Utopia]. [VILLENEUVE (Daniel Jost de)]. The Philosophical T…
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Estimate €70 - €100
Description
[Utopia]. [VILLENEUVE (Daniel Jost de)]. The Philosophical Traveller in a Land Unknown to the Inhabitants of the Earth. By Mr De Listonai. Amsterdam, published at the publisher’s expense, 1761. 2 volumes in-12, XXIV-339 + VI-384 pp., contemporary speckled havana calf, plain decorated spine, fawn-coloured title label, volume number stamped on a black background, marbled edges (imperfections including tears to two cap edges, blunt corners, some browning, very faint water stains). First edition of this account of a utopian journey to the Moon. Quire L is duplicated in volume 2.
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