LA DÉCOUVERTE AUSTRALE PAR UN HOMME-VOLANT, OU LE DÉDALE FRANCAIS; NOUVELLE TRÈS-PHILOSOPHIQUE: SUIVIE DE LA LETTRE D'UN SINGE, &c

by Nicolas Edme Restif de la Bretonne

$8,500 · Offered by L. W. Currey

Imprimé à Leïpsick et se trove à Paris i.e. Paris , 1781. 12mo, four volumes in two: pp. 1-5 6 7 8-24 25 26-240; 241-243 244-436; 437-439 440-624 1 2-3 4-15 18-92; 93-95 96-334 1-2: index 3-4: ads , 23 inserted plates with engraved illustrations attributed to Louis Binet, the last, a double page folded plate used as the frontispiece for volume IV, is indexed as plate XXIII-XXIV, full contemporary red morocco elaborately tooled and lettered

• Binding: Leather

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