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BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Paul and Virginie.
See original version (French)
75
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BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Paul and Virginie.
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE.
Paul and Virginie.
Paris: Printed by Monsieur (P.-F. Didot the Younger), 1789.
In-12, XXXV-243-(1) pp., plates. Contemporary red morocco, smooth compartmentalised spine, gilt title and metalwork, gilt fillet, scroll and fleurons on the covers (minor, insignificant wear to the binding, a few foxing spots).
Bibliography:
Cohen, 931.
Description:
First separate edition, regarded as the original of Bernardin de St-Pierre’s famous pre-Romantic masterpiece. The text first appeared in *Études de la Nature* in 1788.
A fine edition prepared by Pierre-François Didot, on laid paper.
A complete copy including the four fine copperplate engravings in black, after Moreau the Younger and Vernet, by Girardet, Mihalbou and de Longeuil.
In a fine contemporary binding.
See original version (French)
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