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Harmonies of nature by J. B. H. de Saint-Pierre; being a sequel to his studies of nature. With a portrait and a prefatory account of the author and the work. By Louis Amé-Martin . Translated by W. Meeston
1815réf. 67010London: Baldwin Cradock and Joy 47 Paternoster Row C. Baldwin printer New Bridge-street London 1815. First edition in English 3 volumes engraved portrait frontispiece original chocolate-brown paper-covered boards paper labels on spines; a few chips and cracks but largely a very good sound set. In ink on verso of each front free endpaper: El: Rose / Kilravock Castle 27th June / 1816. Though she died in 1815 the signer is probably Elizabeth Rose of the clan Rose erstwhile owners of Kilvarock Castle. Saint-Pierre 1737-1814 was the author of the often-reprinted story Paul et Virginie 1789. In Harmonies Saint-Pierre attempts to prove the existence of God based on the wonders of nature. "After Rousseau and even more than Rousseau Bernardin was in French literature the apostle of the return to nature though both in him and in his immediate follower Chateaubriand there is still much mannerism and unreality" EB-11. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster Row, [C. Baldwin, printer, New Bridge-street, London] unknown
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