Collection de cent-cinquante gravures representant et formant une suite non interrompue des Voyages et Aventures surprenantes de Robinson Crusoé, dessinèes et Gravées par F. A. L. Dumoulin, a Vevey. [A collection of one hundred and fifty engravings depicting and forming an unbroken sequence of the Voyages and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, drawn and engraved by F. A. L. Dumoulin, in Vevey].

A new edition, issued exclusively for members of the Club Français du Livre, printed by Paul Dupont, bound by Engel in Malakoff, following a design by Jacques Daniel, and limited to 8,000 numbered copies (this being #1792; from a total edition of 8126 copies). 8vo. 6pp + cl plates + [iv] note by André Jammes. Hessian covered boards, lettered in black at the spine, and with a reproduction of the original title page pasted to the upper board. Three-colour ribbon place-marker. A trace of soiling to the upper board. Very good indeed. Lacking the original unprinted acetate protector, but with a fresh sheet supplied. François Dumoulin's collection of superb 'Robinson Crusoe'-inspired engravings, originally published in 1810, are now widely considered the precursor to the modern graphic novel.