Fromaget Nicholas (3 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good TEG. No Jacket. Limited. Translated by Eric Sutton with an introduction by Charles Scott Moncrieff. Limited edition of 1000 copies for England and America of which this is number 49. First translation into English. Gilt title to spine on light brown cloth boards with decorative paper sides. Fore and lower edges uncut. Top edge gilt. Age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Uniform with XVIII Century French Romances edited by Vyvyan Holland. Book plate of Ralph Dickinson inside front cover. 'Le Cousin de Mahomet, ou la Folie Salutaire' was first published in Paris in 1742. So far as can be ascertained, this story has never been translated into English. Bound and Printed at the Curwen Press. B2E Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Later edition. 12mo., full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather spine labels, 204; 247pp. With 6 engraved plates. Gay -Lemonnyer I p.764. for 1751 edition. Name, binding a bit worn but still a better than very good copy.

Tom. I-II. à Constantinople [Paris] 1751. 204,(2 bl.),247 pp. + 6 engraved plates. Engraved title pages and head pieces to the first text page in each part. Contemporary worn hardcover. Leather spine and paper boards. Spine with very worn paper on surface. A few pages with some light stains and some small creases to upper corner. One plate with a small spot of rust. Title label with loss at edges. Boards quite worn. Swedish owners signature on rear endpaper (Joh. Fr. Hoppenstedt, Chris:d 1772). 13,5 x 18,5 cm.*Libertinsk roman med något osäker upphovsman. Johan Fredrik Hoppenstedt (1747--1803) var generalkvartermästarlöjtnant på Denningarum i Östra Broby.[#\141310].