Nicolas Bugnet (3 results)

Condition: New.

]-08.3 volumes in 2. 12mo. VIII,9-283; 222,[5], 6,11-72,[4 errata],4[publ.cat.]. Contemp. half calf, backs richly gilt decorated, marbled sides and edges. Bookplate ( F. Lachevre') to front pastedown of first volume with some annotations. First edition. Very rare since most copies were seized and destroyed by the police, with only two copies located in WorldCat. The most famous utopia of the Napoleontic era. It is however not only an imaginary voyage but also a political attack against France ( Narcef'), the French ( Inarcafs') and Napoleon ( Ponelano'). It is written in the form of a dialogue between an inhabitant of an unidentified country named Ruvarebohni (an anagram of Vrai bonheur') and a foreign visitor. It contains numerous ideas that foreshadowed those of the utopian socialists of the following decades. The second work, Bugnet's Catechisme', occupies the second half of the second volume and has an own title-page and pagination. The publisher's name appears only on the verso of the title of the first work. The second work has the publisher's name on title, it had been published separately already in 1808. The next year Bugnet finished the whole work after the manuscripts left by his close friend Jaunez-Sponville.A new edition appeared 1881 edited by Carle de Rash (pseud. for Charles Read) d'apres un exemplaire echappe au pilon de la Haute Police Imperiale'. The absence of the two leaves (p.7-10) from the second work is correct and explained in the errata.*INED 2353. Maitron II,p.375. WorldCat locates copies in the BnF and BL only.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1881 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 349 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 349.