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300 - JOHNSON (Samuel). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssin…
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JOHNSON (Samuel). The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia […]. A new and posthumous translation, with the original text alongside, by Madame*** [Du Fresne]. Paris, Baudry, 1832. In-8°, [1], 1 blank page, XXIV, 395 pp. Half-basane in violet morocco, smooth spine with decoration, title page in fawn morocco. (Contemporary binding). An oriental tale on the theme of happiness, written by the British author Samuel Johnson (1709–1784). English edition with the French translation in parallel columns. Of particular note is the curious treatise on the art of flying through the air in Chapter VI. Ex-dono ms. ‘Presented by the publisher to Her Ladyship the Duchess of Cereste. Marcellin Debrune’. Stamp: M. FAVEYRIAL. Spine sun-faded, a few foxing spots; quire b (pp. XVII–XXIV) bound before quire a. A fine copy.
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