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Title

Paul et Virginie ; et, La chaumière indienne / [par J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre]

Author

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.

Publication

Paris : L. Curmer, 1838

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Additional Authors

• Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.
• Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869.
• Johannot, Tony, 1803-1852.
• Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891.
• Huet, Paul, 1803-1869.
• Français, Louis, 1814-1897.
• Isabey, Eugène, 1803-1886.
• Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843.
• Williams, Thomas, approximately 1800-
• Cousin, Charles, 1807-1887.
• Pelée, Pierre, 1801-1871.
• Pigeot.
• Revel, Alfred, -1865.
• Curmer, L. (Henri Léon), 1801-1870.
• A. Everat & Cie. prt

Description

lvi, [12], 458, [1] p., [37] leaves of plates : ill., col. map, ports.; 27 cm.

Alternative Title

• Flore de Paul et Virginie et de La chaumière indienne.
• Galerie de portraits pour Paul et Virginie et La chaumière indienne.

Subjects

• Mauritius > Fiction
• India > Fiction
• Brahmanism > Fiction
• Botany > Mauritius
• Botany > India

Note

• Title from half title and engraved t.p.; each work has special t.p. Author statement and publisher information from special title pages; name of printer from vignette on verso of half title.
• Originally issued in 32 pts., Mar. 1836-Dec. 1837. Engraved t.p. in pt. 10; t.p. to Paul et Virginie and other preliminaries in pt. 29; t.p. to La chaumière indienne in pt. 20.
• Publisher's address on t.p. to Paul et Virginie: 25, rue Sainte-Anne. In some copies, this is a cancel, with the publisher's new address, 49, rue Richelieu. For detailed description of other variants, cf. Vicaire.
• Illustrations: Ca. 480 prints : wood engraving ; full-page (29) or smaller. Artists include Tony Johannot (ca. 200 vignettes and 23 full-page ill.), J.L.E. Meissonier (ca. 140 vignettes), Paul Huet, F.-L. Français and Eugène Isabey; engravers include Orrin Smith and Thomas Williams. -- 8 prints : steel engraving (1 hand col.) ; full-page. Comprise port. of the author and ports. of 6 of his characters, by Charles Cousin, Pierre Pelée, Pigeot and Alfred Revel, after Johannot (5), Meissonier and L. Lafitte, and hand-col. map of Mauritius (Île de France), by Dyonner after A.H. Dufour. All full-page ill. are printed chine collé; each is accompanied by guard sheet with letterpress legend on verso.
• Medallion ports. of A. Everat and L. Curmer and of Meissonier and Paul Huet on title pages.
• "Notice historique et littéraire sur J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre" by C.A. Sainte-Beuve: p. [vii]-lii.
• "Flore de Paul et Virginie et de La chaumière indienne": p. [419]-458.
• "Table des noms des dessinateurs et des graveurs": p. [1-12] (1st arabic group). Sometimes found bound elsewhere in the prelims. or at end.
• Parts issue: Each part (livraison) issued in light gray paper covers. Text and wood-engraved plates in pts. [1]-29 (28 cm.); steel-engraved plates in 3 separately numbered parts (31 cm.), which have title on covers: Galerie de portraits pour Paul et Virginie et La chaumière indienne, gravés d'après les tableaux de MM. Tony Johannot et Meissonier par Messieurs Cousin, Pelée, Pigeot et Revel. Pts. 1-13, 15-18, 20-22, 24 have wood-engraved ill. on front cover; pt. 19 has 2 full-page lithographic ill., printed by Saunier, on front and back covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers of pts. 1-13, 23-29 and the "Galerie" pts. 1-3; "Conditions de la souscription" and "Opinion de la presse" on p. [2-4] of pts. 14-18 and 20-22. Publisher's notices on front covers of pts. 14, 23 and 25-29, inserted in pts. 1, 19, 20 and 28, and mounted on covers of pts. 8, 11 and 25; slip with publisher's new address mounted on cover of pt. 28.

Indexed In (note)

• Vicaire, G. Livres du 19. s.
• Carteret, L. Trésor, 1801-1875
• Ray, G.N. Art of the French illustrated book
• Béraldi, H. Graveurs du 19e siècle
• Bibliothèque Raphaël Esmerian. 4e ptie. Livres illustrés du XIXe siècle

Provenance (note)

• R[aphaël] E[smerian] (bookplate mounted inside case).

Binding (note)

• Rebound in green buckram, Sept. 20, 1927.
• Publisher's red straight-grained morocco, gilt, by Simier (for publisher's announcement concerning binding, cf. Vicaire, col. 54); green watered silk doublures and endleaves. Signed at foot of front cover and at foot of spine: "Simier, r[elieur] du Roi."

Call Number

MEM M515a (Saint-Pierre, J. H. B. de. Paul et Virginie)

OCLC

• 804321
• NYPG04-B2888

Author

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.

Title

Paul et Virginie ; et, La chaumière indienne / [par J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre]

Imprint

Paris : L. Curmer, 1838 ([Paris] : Typ. et fonderie d'A. Everat & Cie.)

Indexed In:

Vicaire, G. Livres du 19. s., VII, col. 42-68

Carteret, L. Trésor, 1801-1875, III, p. 532-547

Ray, G.N. Art of the French illustrated book, 226, 226A

Béraldi, H. Graveurs du 19e siècle, VIII, p. 271, no. 51

Bibliothèque Raphaël Esmerian. 4e ptie. Livres illustrés du XIXe siècle, 110

Binding

Copy in MEM: Rebound in green buckram, Sept. 20, 1927.

Spencer Coll. copy: Publisher's red straight-grained morocco, gilt, by Simier (for publisher's announcement concerning binding, cf. Vicaire, col. 54); green watered silk doublures and endleaves. Signed at foot of front cover and at foot of spine: "Simier, r[elieur] du Roi."

Provenance

Arents copy: R[aphaël] E[smerian] (bookplate mounted inside case).

Local Note

Copy in MEM: Publisher's address on first t.p. has "49, rue Richelieu"; sig. g in prelims. is cancel, with 8 lines on p. lii; sig. 25 is cancel; last line of "Table des noms ..." has words "de la Flore"; tailpiece to "Grandes vignettes" is medallion port. of Orrin Smith; no "Une bonne femme" tailpiece on p. 418.

Copy in MEM: Imperfect: steel engravings opposite p. 10, 14, 106, 196, 321 and 401 wanting. Added engraved t.p. bound facing p. 2 (2nd arabic group); first and last leaves of "Table" and p. [vii-viii] bound following p. lvi.

Arents copy: Parts issue. Publisher's address on first t.p. has "25, rue Sainte-Anne." Partly unopened; housed in black leather portfolios and black morocco solander case (33 cm.). Guard sheets to the map and the port. of the author wanting.

Spencer Coll. copy: Publisher's address on first t.p. has "49, rue Richelieu"; sig. g in prelims. is original, with 9 lines on p. lii; sig. 25 is original; last line of "Table des noms ..." has words "de la Flore"; tailpiece to "Grandes vignettes" is foliage; no "Une bonne femme" tailpiece on p. 418.

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Added Author

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814. Chaumière indienne.

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869.

Johannot, Tony, 1803-1852. Illustrator

Meissonier, Jean Louis Ernest, 1815-1891. Illustrator

Huet, Paul, 1803-1869. Illustrator

Français, Louis, 1814-1897. Illustrator

Isabey, Eugène, 1803-1886. Illustrator

Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843. Wood engraver

Williams, Thomas, approximately 1800- Wood engraver

Cousin, Charles, 1807-1887. Engraver

Pelée, Pierre, 1801-1871. Engraver

Pigeot. Engraver

Revel, Alfred, -1865. Engraver

Curmer, L. (Henri Léon), 1801-1870. Publisher

A. Everat & Cie. Printer

Simier, Alphonse, 1796-1859. Binder (Spencer Coll. copy)

Esmerian, Raphaël. Former owner (Arents copy)

Added Title

Flore de Paul et Virginie et de La chaumière indienne.

Galerie de portraits pour Paul et Virginie et La chaumière indienne.

Research Call Number

MEM M515a (Saint-Pierre, J. H. B. de. Paul et Virginie)

Arents BIP+ (Saint-Pierre, B. Paul 1838) 04-148

Spencer Coll. French 1838 11-91