Machell Stace 1796. Acceptable. From the library of ABAA bookseller Tom Nicely. French Text; 1796. Paper covers no backstrip; front cover detached; 24mo less than 5 3/4" tall; toned along edges; no internal markings; 91 pages. Machell Stace unknown
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
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