Published by Paris,: Chez Didot, quai des Augustins, a? la Bible d'or, A Paris, M. DCC. XLIV. [1744], 1744
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Titles printed in red and black, early ownership inscriptions on title, 2 folding engraved maps by N. Bellin, publisher's catalogue at end of volume 2, occasional spotting, later calf backed marbled boards, joints cracked, spine faded, 8vo, 10 x16.5cm.2 volumes ([2], xvi, 370 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates; [2], 360 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates) : 2 maps .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:166585625:"Avec approbation & privilege du roi."Attributed to l'abbé Prévost by Gove. The account is that of an imaginary voyage by one Robert Lade being an invention of the authorColophon, v. 2: De l'imprimerie de Cl. Simon, pereMap in v. 2 engraved by Desbruslins.Compte-rendu d'un voyage imaginaire dont l'auteur supposé, Robert Lade, serait une création de l'auteur Antoine François Prévost. Cf. L.C.[Sabin 38530; Leclere 315; Clark, Old South I, 110; Howes L11; Chadenat 1643; Gay 72; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 268; Howgego P33; Barbier IV, 1101].