Le nouveau Gulliver, ou voyage de Jean Gulliver, fils du capitaine Gulliver. Traduit d'un manuscrit anglois, par monsieur L.D.F. Tome II by GUYOT-DESFONTAINES, Pierre Francois - 1730

Paris: (Paulus-du-Mesnil for) widow Clouzier & François le Breton, 1730. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red calf (19th century Jansenist-style), gilt-stamped lettering in spine compartments (5 raised bands), a.e.g.; 12mo (92 x 160 mm); 2 volumes bound in 1; pp. [30], 262; [8], 259, [7]; both complete, with half-title pages, and 3-leaf privilege at end. First gathering in Volume 2 possible supplied from another copy. Boards detached. Sold as is. The nice, bright text block makes this an excellent candidate for rebinding. The French sequel to Swift's Gulliver, which Desfontaines had translated into French in 1727. Jones, page 43; Teerink-Scouten 1238.

Paris, Clouzier et Francois le Breton 1730.. Bd. 2 (v. 2) ap. 8°. 4 Bll., 259 S. HLdr. d. Zt. Mit Rückengoldpräg. EA Cioranescu 23318 - First edition. Pierre Francois Guyot Desfontaines, (1685-1745).

Paris: Lebigre Freres, 1833. Fine.. Six volumes in three, duodecimo, with six frontispiece plates; in contemporary French marbled calf. A charming French edition of Swift's Gulliver's Travels with the "sequel" concocted by the first French translator of the work Abbé Desfontaines. The impressive success of Desfontaines' heavily bowdlerised 1727 translation of Swift's famous novel no doubt provided the impetus to the unofficial sequel, first appearing in 1730. Here, Gulliver's son Jean travels to four lands. He is at his most spirited describing the Island of Babilary in which women are superior, but the other lands have some of the inventiveness, if not the venom, of Swift: the hunch-backed Crump-backs who regard their own form as the ideal, or the Letalispons, who 'live to be 120 yet always look attractive because they begin a second innings at 60' (Dunmore). The work quickly went through many editions, including translation into English as early as 1731. .

Paris: Clouzier et François le Breton, 1730. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in contemporary calf with gilt spines in compartments. A bit rubbed at the edges and hinges, but sound and quite attractive. A few marks to the endpapers, mark to first page (possibly a publisher mark), scattered light browning and foxing but a clean attractive pair; both half titles present. (xxx), 262, (6)pp; (vi), 259pp. The successful and spurious continuation of Gulliver. It was translated into English the following year and included in the great end of century collection Voyages Imaginaires as volume 15 in 1787. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set (complete). Previous owner's book-plate on endpaper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Literature & Literary. Inventory No: 045187.

Paris: Clouzier & F. Le Breton, 1730. Faint waterstains to a few leaves of the second volume.. Two volumes, a very pretty set in contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, double red labels. First edition of this sequel to Swift's Gulliver's Travels by the first French translator of the work. The impressive success of Desfontaines' heavily bowdlerised 1727 translation of Swift's famous novel no doubt provided the impetus to this unofficial sequel. The fiction that it was translated from an original English text is exposed in the preface, where its relationship to Gulliver's Travels is said to be akin to that of Fénélon's Aventures de Telemaque with the Odyssey. As Gove comments, this is one of the very few works to use Gulliver as a model for imitation (unlike the endless array of Robinsonades after Defoe) and thus occupies an important position in the history of Swift's novel. Here, Gulliver's son Jean travels to four lands. He is at his most spirited describing the Island of… Read More

Paris: Chez la veuve Cclouzier, et François le Breton, 1730. First edition. [xxii], 230; [iv], 227pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary french calf, gilt spine. A handsome copy. First edition. [xxii], 230; [iv], 227pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An unauthorized sequel. This French 'sequel' to Gulliver's Travels purports to be a translation from English by the Abbé Desfontaines, who was the original translator of Swift's Travels. Le Nouveau Gulliver is in fact an original work by Desfontaines in which Jean, son of Gulliver, travels to four lands not visited by Gulliver, including the Island of Babilary, where women are superior to men. This work was later translated into English and included in the late 18th-century anthology of travel writing, Voyages Imaginaires in 1787. Winter 144c. Teerink 1238