first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, vignette to title and head of first chapter, contemporary patterned calf, gilt, red leather lettering label, hinges cracked but holding firm, light foxing throughout, [Cole 736, Brug 102], 8vo., Paris, Chez Clousier, 1775. *** Early science fiction tale of a strange electrical flying machine bringing a visitor from Mercury to Earth. La Folie was a chemist and merchant known for discovering the yellow dye from gaude; this imaginative novel was his only publication.
first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, vignette to title and head of first chapter, contemporary patterned calf, gilt, red leather lettering label, hinges cracked but holding firm, light foxing throughout, [Cole 736, Brug 102], 8vo., Paris, Chez Clousier, 1775. *** Early science fiction tale of a strange electrical flying machine bringing a visitor from Mercury to Earth. La Folie was a chemist and merchant known for discovering the yellow dye from gaude; this imaginative novel was his only publication.
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