Jonathan SWIFT
Jonathan SWIFT: Les voyages de Gulliver, Paris, Pierre Didot l'aîné, an V - 1797, In-16, 2 volumes full fir green morocco, 19th century binding signed Franz BOZONNET, gilt framing on the boards, spine with gilt caissons, all edges gilt, inner scroll, bookmarks, Frontispiece presenting a trophy of the symbols of European civilization (mirror, long-sightedness, guignol, 4 shields representing four of Gulliver's adventures, among the wild horses, the giants and the lilluputians, and in the flying ship). This edition repeats the first translation of Abbé Desfontaines of 1730. Conforms to Brunet for the 8 engravings - Gilt bookplate of Admiral Lebarbier de Tinan and stencilled bookplate of Francisque Sarcey (drama critic and journalist)
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