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441 - Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de.
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Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de. – Studies of Nature. Third edition, revised, corrected and expanded. Paris, P. F. Didot the Younger, Méquignon the Elder (Volumes I–IV), P. F. Didot the Younger, Née de La Rochelle, De Senne (Volume V), 1788–1792. 5 volumes in-12 bound in full grained calfskin, spined with decorative raised bands, red title and volume number labels – the tail cap of Vol. I has been trimmed – [2 ff., frontispiece, title page], XXX pp., [1 blank folio], 648 pp.; [2 ff.], 652 pp.; [2 ff.], 596 pp.; [1 f. title page], LXXXVIII pp. (preface and foreword), 532 pp., [2 ff., approval, licence]; [2 ff.], 248 pp. (Vows of a Solitary), [2 ff., continuation of Vows of a Solitary and The Indian Cottage], XXXIV pp. (Preamble), [1 folio table of contents], 249–411 (sequel to *Voeux* and *The Café of Surat*), [1 blank page], LVI pp. (foreword, notes, preamble to *La Chaumière indienne*), 72 pp. (*La Chaumière indienne*), [1 p. table of contents]. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Moreau, engraved by Le Veau, a fold-out plate of the Atlantic hemisphere and three fold-out botanical plates. Also included by the same author: 1/ - *La Chaumière indienne*. Lausanne, Jean Mourer, 1791. In-12, bound in full contemporary calfskin with a smooth spine and title label – cap ends worn away, a slight tear at the tail end of the first joint – xl, 96 pp. 2/ - Paul et Virginie. Paris, n.p., 1797. 12mo, bound in full contemporary calfskin, covers decorated with a gilt border, plain spine, green title label, gilt edges – leather binding worn, first joint badly worn – viii, 189 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece.
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