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1791110693Paris: P.F. Didot; Mequignon 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Seconde édition revue corrigée & augmentée. Volume 4 only. 32mo. Contemporary half leather and marbled paper boards all edges stained red. Binding is good only but sound interior pages are fine. A excellent example of Firmin Didot's typography printed by his brother Pierre Didot. P.F. Didot; Mequignon hardcover
179558293Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1795. First American edition. French and English text on facing pages. 1 vols. 12mo. Contemporary sheep red morocco label. Some wear to upper joint tears along gutter of blanks some browning and soiling of text. Signature on title of Armand Auboyneau who had presented it to Samuel Malbone on the blank preceding title whose signature is on the endpaper with Auboyneau's that of Eliza Tweeny Malbone is on the first page of text. First American edition. French and English text on facing pages. 1 vols. 12mo. Author of "Paul and Virginia." The first book of the author's work "Arcadia" "wherein the celebrated author . . .had proposed to represent the three states of barbarity civilization and corruption through which pass successively almost every nation" Advertisement of the Translators. This is apparently an imaginary view of early Gaul. Jean Baptiste de La Roche was one of the translators. Evans 29461 Printed by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews unknown
1789001865Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur 1789. Edizione originale. In 12o di 4-XXXIV-2-248 pagine. Minuscolo foro di tarlo ai primi 10 fogli. In barbe. Brossura coeva d'attesa. Una tiratura diversa lo stesso anno servì a comporre uno dei cinque volumi degli Etudes de la nature . Riflessioni politiche all'alba della Rivoluzione francese di uno dei capifila della letteratura e dello spirito romantico in Francia. Dubita che l'Assemblea nazionale possa prendere le giuste decisioni per il bene del popolo. Ma la sua visione politica si rifà in particolare a Montesquieu. all'equilibrio dei poteri a Rousseau. Per l'abolizione della schiavitù e i diritti agli abitanti dele colonie. Imprimerie de Monsieur unknown
1791012507Paris: Imprimerie de Monsieur Didot 17911792. Due opere in un volume in 12mo 10x165 cm piena pelle coeva dorso a nervi ornato e dorato; mancanza restaurata al dorso di 4 cm in coda. Tagli rossi. Interno in ottime condizioni. 1- Vouex d'un solitaire pour servir de suite aux Etudes de la Nature 1791: di XL-218-1 pagine. Riflessioni politiche all'alba della Rivoluzione francese di uno dei capifila della letteratura e dello spirito romantico in Francia. Dubita che l'Assemblea nazionale possa prendere le giuste decisioni per il bene del popolo. Ma la sua visione politica si rifà in particolare a Montesquieu. all'equilibrio dei poteri a Rousseau. Per l'abolizione della schiavitù e i diritti agli abitanti dele colonie. -2- La Chaumiere indienne 1792: di 83 pagine. La prima edizione è del 1791. Un savant docteur anglais va jusque dans l'Inde chercher la solution de quelques problèmes scientifiques. Il s'entretient avec un paria qui loin du monde vit heureux avec sa femme et son chat. Dans leur conversation se fait la critique des académies des sociétés de la science des villes.. Imprimerie de Monsieur, Didot unknown
179018391à Paris: de l' imprimerie de Monsieur. 1790. Fine. de l' imprimerie de Monsieur. à Paris 1790 10.50 x 16.50 cm relié First edition. Contemporary half brown calf binding. Smooth spine with fleurons and fillets. Following the convocation of the Estates-General in 1789 and recent events the author expresses his reflections on the future of the people the clergy the king the nobility. In the preamble Bernardin de Saint Pierre expresses doubt regarding the decisions of the National Assembly which alone cannot make just decisions for the people. His political reflection revolves around a balance of powers. The author's prose is characterized even in this political essay by a very personal accent of sincerity the discourse being interspersed with many autobiographical touches. de l' imprimerie de Monsieur. unknown
1800994W3Lodnon: S. Fisher 1800. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A translated work rebound in quarter red morocco. An incredibly scarce translated title.Paul and Virginia as it appears in this title is a translation from the French 'Paul et Virginie' by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre originally published in 1788.Set on the island of Mauritius under French rule this tale traces the lives of its two protagonists who are childhood friends and then lovers.The work critiques the detrimental affect of the contemporary ways of the French upper classes and comments on the immorality of being cruel to slaves if not of owning them. Rebound in very smart red boards and quarter red morocco with gilt lettering to the spine.This work features a monochrome frontispiece depicting a scene from the tale. Rebound in quarter morocco. Externally in excellent condition. Very mild shelf wear. Age toning to endpapers. Internally firmly bound with slight strain. Pages generally bright and clean with occasional spotting and age toning. Very Good Indeed S. Fisher hardcover
179417555Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Spotswood 1794. 12mo. Original leather-backed marbled paper over boards 1.5" wide horizontal piece missing from bottom front cover. 79pp. Rubberstamp and light pencil writing on front free endpaper. Scattered light fox light wear. Good. <br /> <br /> According to ESTC this is the second title of PAUL AND MARY Evans 27667 and Welch 11401. Printed and Sold by William Spotswood unknown
1797850P4Londres; London: L'Imprimerie de Baylis; Vernor & Hoos; Boosey 1797. Hardback. Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated. A scarce 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.ESTC citation number T130651.Half-title is present.'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 five plates.By Bernardin de Saint-Pierre a botanist and author who is best known for this novel.Collated complete. Collated from Jisc from a copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. Rebound in patterned paper covered boards with new endpapers. Externally smart with only a few light marks. Very light rubbing to the joints. Spine is a little discoloured. Ribbon marker is present but a little worn. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned with some spots and a tide mark to the textblock including to the plates. Repair to the reverse of the half-title. Leaf E4 is torn with a small repair to the margin no loss of text. Small repair to leaf B8. Good L'Imprimerie de Baylis; Vernor & Hoos; Boosey hardcover
1789WB15662Paris: . . del'Imprimerie de Monsieur i.e. Didot jeune 1789. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. With four engravings after J. M. Moreau le jeune J.M. 18mo full contemporary calf; a.e.g. The first separate edition of this famous novel published the year before in volume 4 of the author's Etudes de Nature. Ray The Art of the French Illustrated Book 54; Cohen-De Ricci 931. Calf rubbed a bit but still a nice copy. <br/><br/> . . del'Imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e. Didot jeune], hardcover
1799014641Londres: De L'imprimerie De Baylis 1799. Book. Fine. Full-Leather. Later Printing. Recently rebound in full leather and rates fine. Interior has owners dated signature from the early 1800s foxing all 5 plates are present and rates near very good. De L'imprimerie De Baylis Hardcover
17891321872London; Paris: J. Dodsley; De L'Imprimerie de Monsieur 1789. Hardcover. A unique collection of both the original French and the English translation of the famed novel together with a remarkable collection of proofs before letters by esteemed French artists.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Three volumes housed in a custom three-part black and red leather box with gilt titling to spine. Box solid with some wear and cracking to edges.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Paul et Virginie. Paris: De L'Imprimerie de Monsieur 1789. 12mo. xxxv 243 pages. is bound in full burgundy morocco triple gilt rules to boards spine with gilt titling and tooling all edges of text block gilt marbled endpapers bookplate to front endpaper. Unsigned binding but early invoice states it was bound by Derome. With half-title and four black and white plates. Light foxing to plate edges. "Prix papier vélin d'Essone 6. liv."<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Paul and Mary. London: printed for J. Dodsley Pall-Mall 1789. Small Octavos Two Volumes. In Near Fine condition. Both volumes of are bound in matching full green morocco with elegant gilt tooling and paneled spines similarly gilt. Burgundy morocco doublures with matching design to boards embroidered silk endpapers facing doublures marbled endpapers following. Incredibly tight binding; bookplate to marbled endpaper; Bound by Chambolle-Duru with their gilt stamp to front doublure. All edges gilt. <br /> CONTENTS: Vol. I. 8 xii 4 191 pages interspersed with numerous unpaginated plates -- Vol. II. 8 158 pages interspersed with numerous unpaginated plates.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> With an Autograph Letter Signed by Saint-Pierre addressed "Au Citoyen Le Danois" André Bazile Le Danois de La Soisière a member of the Council of Ancients. Measuring 9 in. x 6.7 in. with integral address leaf attached. Small tear to upper left corner where seal was attached small archival repair to upper right corner neither impacting and writing. Four Postal stamps present on integral address leaf. Actual text is 25 lines in Saint-Pierre's hand responding to a letter by Le Danois about a meeting countering his proposed date of the 8th with the 10th. He then goes on to discuss how he was tricked by a man that he had not seen for twenty years as well as by a young woman. He defends himself that he in no way was compromising the interests of the Republic. The letter is dated "Paris ce 7 ventose an 7" February 26th 1799.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> With invoice circa 1895 from E. F. Bonaventure containing a handwritten description of the three volumes in purple ink. "Unique copy in an exquisite Binding by Chambolle extra illustrated with rare set all proofs before letters"<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> "1. Set of proofs by Achille Devéria<br /> <br> <br /> 2. Set of proofs by Corboald<br /> <br> <br /> 3. Set of proofs <br /> <br> <br /> 4. Set of proofs Medallions in color <br /> <br> <br /> 5. Set of proofs Medallions in color by Dutailly Guyot sculp<br /> <br> <br /> 6. Set of proofs by Desenne<br /> <br> <br /> 7. Set proofs by Jean-Michel Moreau<br /> <br> <br /> 8. Set proofs by Tony Johannot<br /> <br> <br /> 9. Set proofs by Corboald small<br /> <br> <br /> 10. Set proofs by Lery<br /> <br> <br /> 11. Set proofs by Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier<br /> <br> <br /> 12. Autographed Letter<br /> <br> <br /> In All 70 Plates All proofs."<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> MW Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. Paul et Virginie or Paul and Virginia is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule then named Île de France. Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is recognized as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre lived on the island for a time and based part of the novel on a shipwreck he witnessed there.The French volume included here is the first separate edition of this famous novel published the year before in the fourth volume of Saint-Pierre's Etudes de Nature.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> The English translation by Jane Dalton changed the name of Virginia to Mary. References: Malcolm Cook "Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's English correspondents during the French Revolution" in "British-French exchanges in the eighteenth century" edited by K. H. Doig & D. Medlin 10-11. CSP 2007. Patricia James in "Population Malthus" 1979 also attributes this translation to Jane Dalton. For an earlier attribution to Daniel Malthus see "The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature" Vol. 2 1971. 1008 1531. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> References: ESTC T70721. 1321872. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Dodsley; De L'Imprimerie de Monsieur hardcover
17992401020008By Nathl. and Benj. Heaton for E. Goodale Mendon Printed at Wrentham Mass. M DCC XCIX. 1799. Hardcover. Good. 18th Century Juvenile Literature: Early Connecticut imprint Bound in contemporary leather. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. 180 pages. Staining. By Nathl. and Benj. Heaton, for E. Goodale, Mendon, Printed at Wrentham, (Mass.), M, DCC, XCIX. hardcover
179710257London: Vernor and Hood 1797 Third edition. Full leather much worn and marked gold bands to the spine black title label eps grubby name to title page frontis and four full-page engravings by H Richter grubby marks and occasional foxing throughout some corners chipped good. Vernor and Hood hardcover
17961906090008Boston : Printed for W. Spotswood et J. Nancrede 1796. Hardcover. Good. Rare Early American Imprint 2 volumes. 32mo. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Joints cracked dried. Engraved frontispieces. Translated from the French of J.H.B. de Saint Pierre author of the Studies of nature by H. Hunter D.D. ; Embellished with engravings. . Plates engraved by Samuel Hill. - Welch d'A.A. Amer. children's books 1143.1. Evans 31150. Early translation of Paul et Virginie printed in 18th century Boston. Quite scarce example of 18th century American juvenile literature. This book was the inspiration for the later British book "the Blue Lagoon." and by this route the 1980 Brooke Shields movie of the same name. The work was first printed in French in 1787 as a criticism of the classism of the old regime at the eve of the Revolution. St. Pierre compared corruption in French society to the state of nature the lovers found on the Isle of Mauritius where goods food and land were shared by all without greed or schemes. Boston : Printed for W. Spotswood et J. Nancrede hardcover
1799013418London: Vernor and Hood 1799. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/No Jacket. Previous owner's name written on first flyleaf - no other writing in the book. Contains 6 engraved plates. Foxing throughout text. Half-leather bound covers with marbled boards. Brown leather on spine is severely chipped title info missing hinges cracked. Leather rubbed from corners entirely. Marbled boards are heavily rubbed/faded chipping in places. Last signature protrudes a bit though binding is tight. Full refund if not satisfied. Vernor and Hood hardcover
1796AQ33115Dublin: Printed By Graisberry & Campbell 1796. viii 184pp. Contemporary tree calf contrasting morocco lettering-piece gilt. Patch of loss to lower corner of upper board small chip to head of spine two ink spots to lower board. Inked inscription of Galgorm Castle to FFEP. A translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best-known novel the love story Paul et Virginie Paris 1788 set in Mauritius made by Helen Maria Williams 1759-1829. It was neither the first nor a complete translation but Williams' English abridgement first published London 1795 was immediately successful and reprinted 10 times within the British Isles before 1801. Whilst the third edition overall it is also the first Dublin edition of this translation. ESTC locates just three copies and this edition; BL Dublin City and a private collection: that is this copy recently dispersed. ESTC T84088. Third edition. 12mo. Printed By Graisberry & Campbell unknown
1799182021London : Printed for Vernor and Hood 1799. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Contemporary calf over marble boards very good. Minor generalized wear to the extremities. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 168 pages; Description: viii 168p. : illus. plates frontis. ; 17cm. Subjects: Utopias -- French fiction -- 18th century -- Translations into English. Translation of: Paul et Virginie. Plates dated 1796. Added engraved title page dated 1799. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog T129729. Spine title erroneously credits ""woodcuts by Bewick"". London : Printed for Vernor and Hood hardcover
17953334The scarce first edition of Helen Maria Williams' translation of Saint-Pierre's best-selling Paul et Virginie. This English translation was also to prove enormously popular with many printings in England but this first appearance thought to have been printed in Paris at the English press of Williams' lover John Hurford Stone is scarce. Additionally this copy includes the suite of six engraved plates found only in a few copies.<br /> In 1792 two years after her first visit to Paris Helen Maria Williams returned to live there permanently. Her salon on the rue Helvétius became a meeting place not only for her Girondist circle but also for a large number of British American and Irish radicals writers and public figures including Mary Wollstonecraft Thomas Paine Joel Barlow and Charles James Fox. It was at this time that she became involved with John Hurford Stone 1763-1818 a radical English coal dealer who was working as a printer in Paris. Their involvement caused huge scandal in England as Stone was married. He divorced his wife in 1794 and it may be that he was married to Williams in the same year. On October 11th 1793 during tea with Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Williams had learnt that all British citizens in France were to be arrested following the French defeat at Toulon. The next day she and her family were taken to the Luxembourg prison where they stayed until 26th October when they were moved to the English Conceptionist Convent otherwise known as the Couvent des Anglaises. It was here that Williams began this translation. She was released in April of the following year on the condition that she left Paris: she and Stone went together to Switzerland until they were able to return to Paris in 1795 when Stone printed the completed work.<br /> Of the copies listed in ESTC only three copies Virginia Morgan and Penn have the plates although the BN copy also has the plates. Of the Morgan copy John Bidwell writes in their catalogue: 'Given the French origins of the paper type plates and binding and the quality of the typesetting this edition was printed in Paris almost certainly at the English press of the expatriate radical John Hurford Stone who was living with Helen Maria Williams at the time. Cf. Madeleine B. Stern "The English Press in Paris and its successors" PBSA 74 1980: 307-89'. Adding another level to the interchange of nationalities in this edition although French the type was of English origin being cast from Baskerville's punches by the Dépôt des caractères de Baskerville in Paris established by Beaumarchais in 1791 and closed c.1795–6. Beaumarchais a great admirer of Baskerville purchased the bulk of the Birmingham printer's punches from his widow after his death John Dreyfus 'The Baskerville punches 1750–1950' The Library 5th series 5 1951 26–48.<br /> 'The following translation of Paul and Virginia was written at Paris amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny. During that gloomy epocha it was difficult to find occupations which might cheat the days of calamity of their weary length . In this situation I gave myself the task of employing a few hours every day in translating the charming little novel . and I found the most soothing relief in wandering from my own gloomy reflections to those enchanting scenes of the Mauritius which he has so admirably described . the public will perhaps receive with indulgence a work written under such peculiar circumstances; not composed in the calm of literary leisure or in pursuit of literary fame; but amidst the turbulence of the most cruel sensations and in order to escape from overwhelming misery' Preface signed Helen Maria Williams Paris June 1795. <br /><br /><i>8vo pp. ii viii 2 9-274 with six stipple engraved plates by Lingée Lefebvre and Clément two after designs by Dutailly tissue guards to all but one of the plates some scattered foxing the text printed on mixed stock much of which is slightly blue-tinted and watermarked 'P Lentaigne' occasional light spotting small marginal hole on D1 one gathering sprung in contemporary calf worn at extremities head and foot of spine chipped roll tool border to covers within double fillet gilt corner fleurons and circles gilt flat spine gilt in compartments blue morocco label lettered in gilt both covers badly scratched with bright marbled endpapers and gilt edges.</i><br /><br />ESTC t131741 listing BL Bodleian Wisbech; Cornell Harvard Morgan Penn Princeton Smith College Toronto UCLA Chicago Illinois Virginia and Yale.<br /><br />Cohen-de Ricci 932 calling for only 5 plates; no details given in Garside Raven & Schöwerling see note on HMW's translation in 1788:71. John Hurford Stone at the English Press.
1795144669London: G. G. and J. Robinson 1795. First separate edition in English translated by the celebrated bluestocking Helen Maria Williams 1759-1827 "amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny" as she explains colourfully in her Preface; it became "the standard English edition well into the nineteenth century" Deborah Kennedy Helen Maria Williams and the Age of Revolution 2002 p. 122. The circumstances under which Williams completed her translation were trying to say the least "she was subject to frequent house searches and on several occasions had parts of the translation and other papers seized and taken to 'the Municipality of Paris in order to be examined as English papers; where they still remain mingled with revolutionary placards motions and harangues; and are not likely to be restored to my possession'" ibid. Paul and Virginia was first published in French as part of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's Études de la nature in 1788 and received its first English translation the same year. "ESTC shows 17 English forms of this work between 1795 when Helen Maria William's Paul and Virginia was published and 1800" Garside Raven and Schöwerling. Though published without an imprint this edition was almost certainly issued by the radical and printer John Hurford Stone 1763-1818 with whom Williams was involved. Another edition was published in London the same year by G. G. and J. Robinson. Precedence has not been established. "Although excessively sentimental this little work contains many charming passages especially the descriptions in which Rousseau's influence can be seen of an idyllic life in strange surroundings. It had an immense vogue was translated into many languages and still retains its popular fame. Bonaparte considered it the language of the soul and he pensioned and decorated the author" The Oxford Companion to French Literature. Octavo in fours 205 x 133 mm. With 6 engraved plates by Clément after drawings by Dutailly. Recent quarter calf and marbled boards to style spine ruled in gilt red morocco label. Small rust hole to one leaf touching one letter; a very good copy. See Garside Raven and Schöwerling 1788:71 hardcover
1789AQ33108London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1789. In two volumes. 3 vi-xii 191pp 1; 2 158pp. Without half-titles. Contemporary half-calf tooled in gilt and blind marbled paper boards. Rubbed some surface loss to dulled spines. Marbled endpapers armorial bookplates of Charles Barclay to both FEPs later armorial bookplates of W. Douro Hoare to both FFEPs recent bookplate of Liam Sims to verso of FFEP of Vol. I early gift inscription to front blank fly-leaf of Vol. I: 'Rachel Juliana and Caroline Barclay from their papa' blank fly-leaves of Vol. II torn away very occasional light spotting. The first English translation from the French of Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint Pierre's 1737-1814 popular romantic novel Paul et Virginie 1788. Set on the island colony of Mauritius the work serves as an allegory for Enlightenment France criticising the social inequalities of the state prior to the Revolution extolling the virtues of harmony between men and arguing for the emancipation of slaves. The translator of this first English edition has been widely given as Daniel Malthus father of influential economist Thomas; and although Malthus was involved in the publication the translation was actually executed by Jane Dalton d. 1817. Provenance: Charles Barclay 1780-1855 politician related to the prominent Barclay and Gurney banking dynasties cousin of social reformer Elizabeth Fry. Barclay evidently gifted the book to his two young daughters Caroline and Rachel Juliana the latter of whom married Jospeh Hoare son of educational author Louisa Gurney Hoare 1784-1836. The Barclays resided at Bury Hill House Westcott Surrey not far from The Rookery the home of the Malthus family 1768. It appears probable that Charles Barclay - or perhaps his father Robert 1751-1830 - acquired this copy due to their friendship with the Malthus clan and presumably acquaintance with Jane Dalton. Later in the library of William Douro Hoare 1862-1928 sometime Director of the Bank of England. ESTC T70721. First edition in English. 8vo. Printed for J. Dodsley hardcover
1789077748London: J. Dodsley 1789. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Believed first english translation Full leather binding Marbled end papers. Volume Two only 160 pages Boards are detached but otherwise contents in good condition. On the inside cover is the book plate of Robert Gambier Middleton a distinguished commander in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars serving with Nelson later Superintendant of the naval yard at Gibraltar and a member of the Navy Board as rear-admiral. <br/> <br/> J. Dodsley hardcover
17999031London: Vernor and Hood 1799 Translated from the French by Helen Maria Williams in 1795 Paris amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny. 168 pages with 6 plates engraved by Richter. Uniformly foxed throughout. Owners inscription to front end paper 1805. Upper hinge cracked but firmly holding. Vernor and Hood unknown
1796MM4293Vernor & Hood 1796. ~Small 8vo 18 x 11 cm. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Five plates and engraved title page also woodcuts. Original leather boards recent leather spine with gilt lettering and ruling. Wear to board corners. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 2nd edn. Hardcover. Hardcover. Very Good. x 215pp. Vernor & Hood Hardcover
1741016982Paris: Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin 1741. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good. Third augmented edition. Volume one and three only of three. Full leather with gilt decoration and titling and raised bands to spine. Each 17.5 × 10cm. 32 535pp 9 455pp 8. French text. The life of Jesus as told through a harmonising of the four Gospels. The second half of volume three includes "Les Actes des Apostres ou L'Histoire de l'Eglise Naissant" The Acts of the Apostles or the History of the Nascent Church as the author argues that the life of Jesus didn't end with the Ascension but continued through the life and works of his followers. Condition: Good for age. The leather is rubbed and bumped as expected. The contents are in strong readable condition with light tanning to the pages and the inner binding is secure. <br/> <br/> Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guerin hardcover
1796NC0306Machell 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
