Paris: Chez Ledentu 1840. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set leather spine with raised bands tooling and gilt rules & titles maroon pebble cloth boards plain end papers. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Vol. I. with frontispiece plate 786 generally clean pp. with the last few leaves darkly foxed and 6 additional plates. LXXII. & 651 pp. with scattered dark foxing. Both volumes printed in double columns. Impressive looking volumes. French texts. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders please inquire. Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1737-1814 French naturalist novelist firend of Rousseau. "His chief work �tudes de la nature 1784 sought to prove the existence of God from the wonders of nature; it is rich in descriptive passages and it added specific color terms and plant names to the French language. A section of this was the sentimental prose idyll Paul et Virginie 1788 which attained immense vogue and influenced the French romanticists." - The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia online. Chez Ledentu hardcover
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères 1848. Fine. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères Paris 1848 11 x 18.50 cm relié New edition. Half green morocco binding spine slightly faded with five raised bands set with black dots decorated with double black compartments adorned with central gilt stars marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled edges near-contemporary binding signed by Allô. Some minor foxing without consequence. Librairie de Firmin-Didot Frères hardcover
London : S. Low 1824. New edition. Hardcover. Good copy in gilt-blocked aniline-calf. Boards and spine cracked with some dust dulling and rubbing as with age. Marbled end-papers. Internally bright and clear. Physical Description; 139 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm. Subjects; 1700-1799. French literature. French literature 18th century. Littérature française 18e siècle. London : S. Low hardcover
Paris: Didier 1838. Fine. Didier Paris 1838 13 x 21.50 cm 2 volumes reliés New edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait after Girodet-Trioson a map of the Atlantic hemisphere and 6 steel engravings on strong paper by Corbuld in the second volume. Notes by the author and Aimé-Martin Léfèvre Edition. Contemporary full glazed calf binding in marine blue. Smooth spine decorated with a large romantic rocaille tool in vertical format gilt title and volume number. Large decorative blind-stamped plate with Restoration motifs on the covers with framing fillet. Interior frieze. Gilt edges. Fresh overall with crisp white paper but some pale scattered foxing. Very handsome copy in superb condition. Studies of Nature with the fourteenth study containing Paul and Virginie The Indian Cottage and Acadia; Journey to Silesia The Death of Socrates. Didier unknown
Paris: Didier 1838. Fine. Didier Paris 1838 10.50 x 17.50 cm 2 volumes reliés Charming illustrated edition with 7 plates including a frontispiece. Full red glazed calf bindings smooth spines decorated with gilt arabesques two tiny holes at foot of joints gilt roulettes on headcaps boards framed with gilt fillet and arabesque discoloration stains on boards of first volume quadruple gilt fillets framing endpapers marbled endpapers and pastedowns gilt fillets on leading edges all edges gilt elegant contemporary romantic bindings. Some foxing. Handsome copy elegantly bound in romantic binding. Didier hardcover
Paris: Méquignon - Marvis 1818. Fine. Méquignon - Marvis Paris 1818 14 x 21.50 cm 12 volumes reliés First collected edition partly first edition illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Girodet and 26 plates by Girodet Desenne Lafitte Moreau le Jeune Prudhon; Vernet and Isabey were even commissioned for the figures of Paul et Virginie. As in almost all copies the plates have been bound in some disorder as several sets of engravings bear the same numbering but the whole is complete. Half red Russia leather Bradel binding. Smooth spine decorated with fillets. Covers of paper imitating Russia leather. Scattered foxing. Some soiling to some covers but superb set with well-preserved binding. Contents: Volumes 1 and 2: Voyage à l'isle de France Mauritius Voyage en Hollande Observations sur la Prusse Observations sur la Russie. Volumes 3 to 7: Etudes de la nature with Paul et Virginie and La Chaumière indienne in the sixth volume; the seventh volume contains L'arcadie and Fragments de l'Amazone imaginary account of a journey to the Amazon. Volumes 8 to 10: Harmonies de la nature. Volume 11: Voeux d'un solitaire. Various memoirs. Volume 12: Essai sur la vie de Jean-Jacques Rousseau Discours sur l'éducation des femmes Empsael La pierre d'Abraham Mémoire sur la ménagerie du jardin des plantes. Writer botanist great traveler in his early life political thinker Bernardin de Saint-Pierre achieved fame with his Etudes de la nature and Paul et Virginie a fable about the fall and misfortunes of virtue a poetic narrative whose protagonists' deaths establish a new theodicy regarding death and providence. It should be added that the Voyage à L'île de France is undoubtedly one of the journeys not only among the best written but also among the most finely observed. Beyond this the anecdotes about Rousseau are of the greatest appeal and the essay on the philosopher of great interest; Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was not only Jean-Jacques Rousseau's friend but his principal disciple. Méquignon - Marvis hardcover
London: Suttaby Evance and Fox 1820. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". None. A smartly bound copy of two popular French historical romance novels translated into English. With a frontispiece and title vignette. This volume contains: Paul et Virginie or Paul and Virginia a novel first published in 1788. Set on the island of Mauritius under French rule we follow the title characters friends since birth who fall in love. Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is recognized as perhaps Bernardin's finest work. Written by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre a French writer and botanist best known for this work a very popular eighteenth-century classic of French literature. Elizabeth; or the Exiles of Siberia a popular French historical romance novel. The story centers on Elisabeth a young girl determined to rescue her father from exile in Siberia driven by an unwavering sense of filial duty and deep love for her family. Written by Sophie Cottin a French writer whose novels were popular in the nineteenth century and were translated into several languages. Bound in full straight grained morocco. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with small cracks to the front joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good Suttaby, Evance and Fox hardcover
Paris: Editions Curmer 1838. Fine. Editions Curmer Paris 1838 17 x 25.70 cm Un Vol. relié First edition by Curmer and first printing. Publisher's so-called ""Oriental"" binding commissioned from Simier. Full red shagreen. Smooth spine decorated with a plate featuring orientalist motifs. Boards richly stamped with a large plate with a 6-pointed star at its center. Edges gilt. One missing stitch at the internal joint after the first board without consequence. One missing stitch at the internal joint of the upper board causing slight play at the bottom of the first board without consequence. Scattered foxing unevenly distributed. Paper remained white. Tissue guards present. The endpaper covered with white moiré paper is detached at the end of the volume. Old restoration to head otherwise perfect condition of this famous and rare publisher's binding. Unquestionably one of the finest books produced by Romanticism this is one of those editions that made the glory of the romantic book. Abundantly but elegantly illustrated endowed with careful typography. 29 wood engravings on China paper by Tony Johannot and 450 vignettes by Huet Meissonier Français. 7 portraits engraved on steel one colored map. Sainte-Beuve's notice comprises 9 lines against 8 in most copies on p. LII. See Vicaire. Copy from rue Richelieu. The engraving of the ""bonne femme"" p. 418 is missing as in all copies of the first printing. However while the copy corresponds to several characteristics of the first printing it does not possess them all. Rare copy in its ""Oriental"" publisher's binding by Simier. Editions Curmer hardcover
Paris: L. Curmer 1838. Fine. L. Curmer Paris 1838 16.50 x 26 cm relié Famous illustrated edition with nearly 450 wood-engraved vignettes 29 plates printed on China paper and 7 steel-engraved portraits after T. Johannot Meissonnier Iasbey P. Huet. Full cherry red morocco binding smooth spine slightly faded decorated with a gilt cartouche embellished with gilt romantic arabesques gilt roulettes on headcaps one joint slightly cracked at head frame of quadruple gilt and blind fillets on boards enriched at corners with gilt typographical motifs central gilt bilobed cartouche enriched at angles with gilt romantic tools gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns double gilt fillets on edges all edges gilt some minor scratches on edges elegant contemporary romantic binding signed by Laurent. Our copy is complete with its map of Ile-de-France by Dyonnet and the two so-called ""English"" portraits. The title is from the second printing at 49 rue de Richelieu the portrait of the ""Bonne femme"" is not engraved on page 418. Some light foxing. A handsome copy of this landmark book one of the finest achievements of romantic illustration in a perfect romantic binding by Laurent. L. Curmer hardcover
Paris: L. Curmer 1838. Fine. L. Curmer Paris 1838 16.50 x 26 cm relié Famous illustrated edition with nearly 450 wood-engraved vignettes 29 plates printed on China paper and 7 steel-engraved portraits after T. Johannot Meissonnier Iasbey P. Huet. Full bottle-green shagreen binding smooth spine decorated with blind-ruled frame gilt rocaille arabesque motifs and gilt bird and butterfly ornaments; gilt roulettes on headcaps; boards decorated with quadruple frame of gilt and blind fillets gilt rocaille arabesque motifs and small gilt rose-branch ornaments applied in the corners; gilt roulette frame on pastedowns central gilt bilobed cartouche enriched at angles with gilt romantic ornaments gilt dentelle frame on pastedowns white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns gilt fillet on leading edges all edges gilt some minor scratches on leading edges elegant contemporary romantic binding signed by Rivage. Our copy is complete with its map of Ile-de-France by Dyonnet and the two so-called ""English"" portraits. The title is in first printing with the address 25 rue Sainte-Anne the portrait of the ""Bonne femme"" is not engraved on page 418. Some foxing. Handsome copy of this landmark book one of the finest achievements of romantic illustration in a perfect romantic binding by Laurent. L. Curmer hardcover
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