Swift, Voyages de Gulliver, Paris, 1797, contemporary citron morocco by Simier, 2 volumes

Swift, Jonathan

Voyages de Gulliver [translated by l'abbé Desfontaines]. Paris: Pierre Didot l'aîné, 1797

4 parts in 2 volumes, 18mo (151 x 89mm.), half-titles, frontispiece and 9 engraved plates, each in two states (preliminary etched and before letters), contemporary straight-grained citron morocco gilt by Simier, spines gilt in compartments with black morocco lettering-pieces, gilt edges, first volume possibly lacking last 2 leaves (containing table of chapters for part 2), occasional light spotting

One of 100 copies printed in "format grand in-18".

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 965; Teerink 397

PROVENANCE:

Georg Wander and Albert Wander, bookplates; Henri Beraldi, booklabel, sale, Paris, 1934; AWF, fabric booklabel