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Histoire comique des Etats et Empires de la Lune et du soleil
by Cyrano de Bergerac / P.L Jacob
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
314pp + errata page bound to rear. French Language. New Edition with additional notes by P.L Jacob. Good condition with sunning to spine and 1cm patch of loss of cloth covering to lower spine. Endpapers toned, but contents pleasing, bright and clean. Printed on papier vergé with untrimmed page edges.
The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac. It was published posthumously in 1657 and, along with its companion work The States and Empires of the Sun, is considered one of the earliest published science fiction stories.
The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon was the first of three satirical novels written by Cyrano de Bergerac. It was published posthumously in 1657 and, along with its companion work The States and Empires of the Sun, is considered one of the earliest published science fiction stories.
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- Bookseller
- Itchen Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 518
- Title
- Histoire comique des Etats et Empires de la Lune et du soleil
- Author
- Cyrano de Bergerac / P.L Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Original green boards, blindstamped decoratiion, with gilt to spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition / Nouvelle Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adolphe Delahays, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1858
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction
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Itchen Books
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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