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Title

Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ...

Author

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.

Publication

À Paris : De l' Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné, 1806.

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Additional Authors

• Lafitte, Louis, 1770-1828.
• Gérard, Francçois-Pascal-Simon, baron, 1770-1837.
• Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824.
• Isabey, Jean-Baptiste, 1767-1855.
• Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul, 1758-1823.
• Bourgeois de la Richardière, Antoine Achille.
• Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832.
• Mécou, André Joseph, 1771-1837.
• Pillement, Victor, 1767-1814.
• Prot.
• Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, 1767-1841.
• Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853.

Description

[4], xcii, 194, [6] p., plates : port., ill. (some col.); 51 cm.

Subjects

• Ink drawings > France > 19th century
• Engraving, French, 18th century
• Charcoal drawings > France > 19th century
• Drawings > France > 19th century

Genre/Form

• Drawings – France – 19th century.
• Charcoal drawings – France – 19th century.
• Ink drawings – France – 19th century.

Note

• "Liste des souscripteurs de cette édition," [6] p. at end.
• Illustrations: Engraved portrait of the author by Ribault after Lafitte; 6 plates by Bourgeois de la Richardière, Bovinet, Mécou, Pillement fils, Prot and Roger, after Gérard, Girodet, Isabey, Lafitte, Moreau and Prud'hon, in three states: proofs in preliminary etched state, inlaid, proofs before letters in black and proofs after letters printed in colors by Langlois.

Indexed In (note)

• Brunet
• Cohen-De Ricci

Provenance (note)

• With bookplate of Emmanuel Martin and leather label of Cortlandt F. Bishop.

Binding (note)

• Binding, by Thouvenin, of full plum-colored straight-grain morocco, gilt, with center ornament in red, yellow and green; doublures and linings of olive straight-grain morocco, gilt, ornamented in red, green and plum; in red morocco case.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1806++

OCLC

131737939

Author

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.

Title

Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre ...

Imprint

À Paris : De l' Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné, 1806.

Indexed In:

Brunet, V, col. 57

Cohen-De Ricci col. 933

Local Note

With 2 sets of proofs before letters, one in black, inlaid, and one colored by hand, of 4 engravings in octavo size after Moreau and Vernet. With an original drawing in charcoal by Prud'hon for the plate "Naufrage de Virginie," inlaid, and an original drawing in pen and ink by Vernet, mounted.

Binding

Binding, by Thouvenin, of full plum-colored straight-grain morocco, gilt, with center ornament in red, yellow and green; doublures and linings of olive straight-grain morocco, gilt, ornamented in red, green and plum; in red morocco case.

Local Note

With autograph of Thouvenin.

Autograph letter signed by the comte de Nantouillet, inserted.

Provenance

With bookplate of Emmanuel Martin and leather label of Cortlandt F. Bishop.

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Added Author

Lafitte, Louis, 1770-1828. Illustrator

Gérard, Francçois-Pascal-Simon, baron, 1770-1837. Illustrator

Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767-1824. Illustrator

Isabey, Jean-Baptiste, 1767-1855. Illustrator

Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul, 1758-1823. Illustrator

Bourgeois de la Richardière, Antoine Achille. Engraver

Bovinet, Edme, 1767-1832. Engraver

Mécou, André Joseph, 1771-1837. Engraver

Pillement, Victor, 1767-1814. Engraver

Prot. Engraver

Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, 1767-1841. Engraver

Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853. Printer

Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741-1814. Illustrator

Vernet, Joseph, 1714-1789. Illustrator

Thouvenin, Joseph, 1791-1834. Binder

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1806++