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BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE.
See original version (French)
9
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BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE.
Studies of Nature [with] A Solitary Man’s Wishes, to serve as a sequel to Studies of Nature [and] The Indian Cottage.
Paris: The Author’s Press, 1791–1792.
5 volumes, in-12. Contemporary fawn-coloured speckled sheepskin, smooth spine decorated with circular gilt metal fittings, green title label and volume number, gilt title, gilt roulette on the edges (corners worn, small areas of leather missing from the spine, some discolouration).
A fine, classic edition of the writings of the famous Enlightenment botanist and writer (1737–1814), printed by the younger Didot, who had taken over the printing house of the Count of Provence.
Complete with the 5 copperplate engravings in black, as indicated in the note to the bookbinder at the end of Volume II, all printed on azure paper.
Includes a frontispiece and an engraved depiction of the globe, the Atlantic Hemisphere in the first volume, and three botanical plates in the second.
A fine copy in its contemporary binding.
See original version (French)
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