{"title":"Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"paul-et-virginie","title":"Paul et Virginie.","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE Jacques-Henri. Paul et Virginie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eParis, P. Didot l'aîné,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e1806.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLarge In-4 (330 x 254 mm): [5] ff, XCII-194 pp, [6] ff. Full red morocco, gilt framing border on covers with floral design at corners, arms in centre, spine with very richly decorated raised bands with a green mosaic circle in the centre, then decorated with floral designs and a semé of gilt dotted lines, gilt author, title, place of publication and date, gilt fillet on edges and fluting on corners and headpieces, gilt inner border (\u003cem\u003econtemporary binding\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe most luxurious edition of Paul et Virginie, the last to appear in the author's lifetime\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the text in its definitive version with a substantial 92-page preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA choice copy printed on wove paper\u003c\/strong\u003e, with its sumptuously bound binding and engravings still perfectly inked. \u003cstrong\u003eAll the engravings are in two states\u003c\/strong\u003e, before and after the letter, with the exception of the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassage du Torrent\u003c\/em\u003e (p. 32-33), which is in three states\u003c\/strong\u003e, in pure etching, before and after the letter.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eRemarkable for the two engravings by Moreau [Les Adieux] and Prudhon\u003c\/em\u003e’ (Carteret), “\u003cem\u003eespecially the dramatic figure of the Naufrage de Virginie by Prudhon make this volume very interesting\u003c\/em\u003e” (Cohen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur book is enriched by a very rare autograph letter signed by the author to Anton von Klein (1744-1810)\u003c\/strong\u003e, professor, collector, writer and publisher: ‘to Chevalier de Klein, author of the Gallery of Illustrious Germans, his friend’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA buyer's slip dated 19 December 1903 is also attached (Maurice Delestre, auctioneer). The present work was acquired at the sale of the library of Robert Abdy, 5th Baron of the Baronnet d'Albyns, in 1975.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCarteret, III, 529 ; Cohen, 933.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53754748567877,"sku":"0220","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/1-image00001.jpg?v=1733101371"},{"product_id":"paul-et-virginie-suivie-de-la-chaumiere-indienne","title":"Paul et Virginie, suivie de la Chaumière indienne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE Jacques-Henri. Paul et Virginie.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParis: Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12mo (133 × 96 mm). XXV, 243 pp., (2) ff. Original \u003cem data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"439\"\u003ebroché\u003c\/em\u003e in contemporary dominoté paper wrappers with pink chevron motifs; uncut; custom chemise and slipcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"717\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"578\"\u003ePrecious first separate edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, issued after the tale’s initial publication in 1788 within volume IV of the \u003cem data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"677\"\u003eÉtudes de la nature\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"681\"\u003eThis issue is on \u003cstrong\u003ethin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"716\"\u003eécu paper\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"719\" data-end=\"967\"\u003eA very attractive, unsophisticated example, complete with the \u003cstrong data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"800\"\u003efour engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e: the first three by \u003cstrong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"840\"\u003eMoreau le Jeune\u003c\/strong\u003e, the last by \u003cstrong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"864\"\u003eVernet\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each plate is present \u003cstrong data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"897\"\u003etwice\u003c\/strong\u003e — one cut close (on écu paper), the other uncut (on Chine paper) — an uncommon and desirable feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1125\"\u003eMinor foxing; some misplacement in the pagination of a few prefatory leaves, first illustration loose.\u003cbr data-start=\"1045\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003eA \u003cstrong data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1092\"\u003efine copy in original waiting wrappers\u003c\/strong\u003e, rarely preserved in this state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1174\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1127\" data-end=\"1142\"\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tchemerzine 149; Cohen 931–932.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Librairie Alexis Noqué","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54954345070917,"sku":"0581","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8611\/6421\/files\/IMG_0989.jpg?v=1750280333"},{"product_id":"paul-et-virginie-et-la-chaumiere-indienne","title":"Paul et Virginie et la Chaumière indienne","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE Jacques-Henri. 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