12mo. In two volumes. 333, [1]; 303pp, [25]. Titles printed in red and black. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Uncut. Handsomely bound in later red morocco, lettered in gilt, T.E.G. Lightly rubbed. Early armorial bookplates of Lord Bracco tipped-in to FFEP of Vol. I and verso of frontispiece of Vol. II respectively, frontispieces heavily browned (due to bookplates), scattered spotting.

An early eighteenth century edition of a Utopian novel, reminiscent of Swift's Gulliver's Travels, by French Huguenot writer Denis Vairasse (1635-1700). The imaginary voyage upon which this narrative is centred is based on the account of the Dutch East India Company ship Vergulde Draeck that was wrecked on the coast of western Australia in 1656. Vairasse, exiled in London to escape the religious persecution on the Continent, published the first edition simultaneously in English and French in five parts between 1675 and 1679. The immensely popularity of the book led to further translations and numerous editions well into the eighteenth century.