Voyages et avantures de Jaques Massé
Contributors: Brown, Harcourt, 1900-
Publisher: Chez Jaques Kainkus
Published: 1734
Place of publication: A Cologne [i.e. Rouen?]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 508
Subjects: Imaginary Voyages; Voyages and travels; Fiction; Imaginary languages; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: Voyages et avantures de Jacques Massé
Notes: Attributed to Simon Tyssot de Patot by Cioranescu and Alden.

First printed in Bordeaux, 1710, which is a false imprint and might have been printed in The Hague in 1714.

The fictitious account of a voyage to an imaginary land, which includes some references to America.

Includes a small vocabulary of the language of the imaginary land, a conjugation of the verb "manger", and discussion of the alphabet and numbering system, and the declination of the word "mouton" on p. 119-122.

Signatures: *⁴ (-*4) (*1 verso blank) A-X¹² Y²

Title page printed in red and black; engraved vignette of the god Mercury on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.

Gove, P.B. Imaginary voyage, 217.

Rosenburg, A. Jaques Massé, C.

Cioranescu, A. 18. s., 62587.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 734/215.

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: p. [3-6], 1st count, misbound following p. 506.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired as a gift of Harcourt Brown.