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71 - GRAINVILLE (Jean-Baptiste COUSIN de).
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
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GRAINVILLE (Jean-Baptiste COUSIN de). *LE DERNIER HOMME*, a posthumous work. Paris: Deterville, 1805. Two in-12 Bradel volumes, bound in red paper, smooth spine divided by gilt bands, 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’, whilst the second volume contains the revised title, dated ‘1811’, with the joint address ‘Chez Ferra’ and ‘Chez Deterville’ and the note ‘Second edition, published by Charles Nodier’. A FINE COPY preserved in its original, intact binding, printed on fine laid paper and free from foxing. ¶ Versins, 374: ‘one of the least known yet most important works [of science fiction].’
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Auction time 11/12/2026 at 2:00 PM
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