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001 RIBR90-B217
003 CStRLIN
005 19940906000000.0
008 900615s1786 ne af 000 1 fre d
040 $aRPJCB$cRPJCB
100 1 $aMercier, Louis-Sébastien,$d1740-1814.
245 12 $aL'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. :$bRêve s'il en fût jamais; suivi de L'homme de fer, songe.
250 $aNouvelle édition avec figures. Tome premier [-troisieme]
260 $a[Amsterdam :$bChanguion ;$adistributed in Paris :$bby Poinçot],$c1786.
300 $a3 v. (v. 1: xvj, 380, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 381, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [4], 312, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates) :$bill. ;$c21 cm. (8vo)
500 $aOriginally published London [i.e. Amsterdam], 1771, in one volume.
500 $aAuthorship from Barbier; actual places of printing and distribution and printer and distributor from Wilkie. Preface (v. 1: p. vij) signed: "l'Auteur de l'An 2440."
500 $aFour of eight states of the edition in octavo published in 1786; for the first time, the text is printed in 3 volumes. The states differ from each other in various errors in paging.
500 $aVignette on title pages.
500 $aSignatures: v. 1: a⁸ A-2A⁸ (-2A⁸; a1 verso, a4 verso blank); v. 2: pi² A-2A⁸ (pi1 verso, pi2 verso, 2A8 verso blank; leaf L4 signed as: "L2"); v. 3: pi² A-T⁸ V⁶ (-V6; pi1 verso, pi2 verso blank; leaf S3 signed as: "S5")
500 $aErrors in paging, common to states 1-4: v. 2: p. 251 misnumb.: "521"; p. 291 misnumb.: "191"; p. 357 misnumb.: "157"; v. 3: p. 73 misnumb.: "74"; p. 260 misnumb.: "360"; p. 269 misnumb.: "369"
500 $aPlates (3) unnumbered, serving as frontispieces for v. 1-3. Plates of the four copies studied belong to the "second suite", with captions in italics (see Wilkie)
500 $aContains references to events and people in the Americas.
500 $aIncludes: "L'homme de fer, songe." (v. 3: p. 218-312. 1 plate (frontispiece)), published here for the first time.
510 4 $aMartin, A.A. Bib. du genre romanesque français,$c71.36.
510 4 $aWilkie, E.C. Mercier's L'an 2440,$c1786.1a, 1786.1b, 1786.1c, 1786.1d.
510 4 $aBarbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes,$c682.
590 $aJohn Carter Brown Library copy 1 (83-10), bound in contemporary tree calf, with green spines, imperfect: lacks half-titles v. 1-3. This copy represents state 1 (correct paging of v. 1: p. 125; v. 3: p. 134-135 misnumb: "135, 134"; v. 3: p. 191 misnumb.: "190"; v. 3: p. 250 first digit "2" printed in a line above the two other digits)
590 $aJohn Carter Brown Library copy 2 (83-90) bound in contemporary calf. This copy represents state 2 (v. 1: p. 125 misnumb: "12"; v. 3: p. 106 first digit "1" printed in a line above the other two digits; v. 3: p. 134-135 misnumb.: "135, 134"; v. 3: p. 191 misnumb.: "190")
590 $aJohn Carter Brown Library copy 3 (83-22) bound in contemporary calf. This copy represents state 3 (v. 1: p. 125 misnumb.: "12"; v. 3: correct paging of p. 134-135 and of p. 191; v. 3: p. 304 misnumb.: "306")
590 $aJohn Carter Brown Library copy 4 (83-125), bound in contemporary quarter calf and paper boards, imperfect: lacks half title v. 2. This copy represents state 4 (correct paging of v. 1: p. 125; v. 3: p. 134-135 misnumb.: "135, 134"; correct paging of v. 3: p. 191; v. 3: p. 304 misnumb.: "306")
650 0 $aUtopias.
700 10 $aMercier, Louis-Sébastien,$d1740-1814.$tHomme de fer, songe.
740 01 $aAn 2440.
740 01 $aHomme de fer, songe.
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