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
Londres; London: Baylis; Vernor & Hood; Boosey 1799. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An early edition of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best novel work a touching novel set in Mauritius complete with the original plates. An early and scarce edition of this popular work in the original French.'Paul et Virginie' follows the titular characters set on the island of Mauritius whilst under French rule. The two friends have been raised as brother and sister since birth and grow to fall in love.Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates.By Bernardin de Saint-Pierre a botanist and author who is best known for this novel.Collated complete. In a full straight grain morocco binding. Externally smart. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Ink inscriptions to the verso of the front endpaper and recto of the front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spotting. Very Good Baylis; Vernor & Hood; Boosey hardcover
London: L'Imprimerie de Baylis 1797. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated . A scarce early edition of this important French novel from Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-Pierre complete with engraved plates. A scarce early edition of this popular 18th-century classic from Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-Pierre.In full marbled calf boards.Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is widely regarded as Bernardin's finest novel. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule and centres around the lives of two children Paul and Virginia.Collated complete with five plates of engravings. Collated from an identical copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. In full marbled calf. Externally smart with rubbing to the spine and board edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Very Good L'Imprimerie de Baylis hardcover
Paris: P.F. Didot 1789. Hardcover. Very Good . The 1789 1st edition re-bound in simple tan boards and new endsheets with gilt-lettering along the spine. The wonderful original marbled wrappers are bound in as well. Clean and VG with just a touch of light foxing to the original text. 12mo 218 pgs. Important late 18th century reflection on solitude. P.F. Didot 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
FRANCE: Aime Andre Paris 1823. FRENCH TEXT. 143 x 86 mm. Marbled boards and green leather spines. Spines with twin rules and decorations and lettering all in gold. All edges marbled. Volume 19 is Essai sur La Vie . and has no proper title page. Vols 1 3 9 11 and 16 have frontispieces. Some volumes have plates. Volumes 10 and 11 have some damp marks 10 - mostly in top margins 11 mostly towards top of pages at rear of book. ELSE a pleasant clean tight set with a few minor faults not affecting text. Set is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY GB 2024 £8 Packed weight 4000g. . Hardback. VG/No DW. Aime Andre (Paris) Hardcover
Paris: Mequignon-Marvis 1818. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". Various. A complete collection of the works of Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre some lovely uniform bindings in the original French. Jacques-Henri-Bernardin de Saint-Pierre was a French author known for his 1788 novel Paul and Virginie; considered the author's finest work it studies the corruption of a child by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. He was also a skilled botanist producing numerous works of natural history and was admired by fellow naturalist Alexander von Humboldt. The present set is a complete collection of the works of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre in twelve volumes in the original French. Containing his botanical as well as fictional work. Compiled by L. Aime-Martin with a biographical sketch of the author's life first edition thus. Including a preface by the editor dated 1820 despite the volumes being dated 1818. Each volume is complete with half titles. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author to vol. I and twenty seven full page gravure plates of which one folding engraved by Dupont Sixdeniers Toschi Roger Danbrum Delignon de Longueil after Desenne Lafitte Moreau the Younger Prudhon Vernet and Isabey. Collated complete. Comprised of:A Voyage a l'Ile-de-France in two volumes; Etudes de la Nature in five volumes including Paul and Virginie; Harmonies de la Nature in three volumes; Voeux d'un Solitaire; Melanges. In uniform full calf bindings with gilt tooling to the spine and embossed decorations tot he spine and boards marbled edges and endpapers. Externally generally very smart with minor shelf wear only minor rubbing to the boards and spine. Light scuffing to the front board of vol. XI. Some loss to the front board of vol. I. Internally firmly bound. Light spotting scattered to the pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and twenty seven full page engravings of which one folding. Very Good Indeed Mequignon-Marvis hardcover
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