first edition Quarter calf. Marbled boards.
1842 · Paris
by Burat de Gurgy, Henri. Preface by M. Louis Desnoyers
Paris: A. Desesserts, 1842. First edition. Quarter calf. Marbled boards. . Good. 12mo. 15 by 10.5 cm. 214 pp. Nine hand-colored plates. Adventure novel about boy who runs away from school. All the misfortunes which then befall him, it turns out, are just a dream. With two other stories following. Only copy found on OCLC First Search at BNF. (Two copies listed of a 2016 reprint.) Condition: Calf on spine heavily rubbed, as is the marbled paper of the boards. Foxing throughout. Color plates are still bright and vivid.
(Inventory #: 006245)