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(GARNIER, Ch.-G.-Th.). Voyages imaginaires, songes, visions, et romans cabalistiques. Amst./Par., 1787-89. 39 vols. (incl. 3 suppl.-vols.). W. 75 (of 76) engr. plates after Marillier & 1 fold. table to vol. 8. Cont. mottled cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt backs, red & black labels, all edges red. (Some spine ends a bit chipped, bottom of 1 spine dam., 1 plate of suppl. lacks (vol. 38), A & B quire of vol. 21 original but later inserted, some marg. stains, some minor foxing in places).
First edition. Edited by Charles-George-Thomas Garnier and including Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Swift's Gulliver's Travels, amongst other imaginary voyages. Garnier's attempt provided "a vital landmark for Camille Flammarion (…) and Jules Verne" (Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, p. 17). This set with the very rare 3 supplemental volumes often not present: "Histoire des naufrages". - Fine set. Cohen/de R., 1050; Caillet, 11296; Sander, 2038.€ 1200
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