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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
17692010VALENCIA: Benito Motnfort 1769. Primera edición.- 8º.- 2 tomos.- I: 8 hojas.- XXXII.- 184 páginas.- II: 2 hojas.- 228 páginas. La numeración romana corresponde a una extensa carta de Gregorio Mayans i Ciscar. Palau 293318 Benito Motnfort unknown
176981147Valencia: Benito Monfort 1769. Benito Monfort unknown
179710578Worcester: J. Nancrede 1797. Original full leather rubbed rebacked. Plate frontis 'Philocles in the Island of Samos.' Folding plate 'Atlantic Hemisphere.' pp 2 331 blank 4 publ. advts. Text clean and Very Good. <br /> <br /> This is the single-volume printing ending with 'The End' on page 331 instead of 'End of first volume.' We have not found any other record of the final four pages of publisher's advertisements. The work presents as the preface states "all that portion" of Saint-Pierre's Studies of Nature "which relates immediately to the subject of religion." <br /> Bristol B10094. Not in Shipton & Mooney or Evans. ESTC W36508. J. Nancrede unknown
179922135NY: Re-Printed for H. Caritat Bookseller Stationer & Librarian By M.D. & W.A. Davis 1799. First American edition. The original calf is worn rear cover detached but present. Previous owner's inscription reads "John West's book which cost one dollar bought at Hartford May 1814" and containg his bookplate. Additional later West family names present browning and scattered foxing. Full-Leather. Good. Re-Printed for H. Caritat, Bookseller, Stationer & Librarian, By M.D. & W.A. Davis Hardcover
179271749Bruxelles: B.le Francq 1792. Piel época. Lomera cuajada. Octavo mayor. B.le Francq unknown
1786220491786. A Paris chez Volland 1786. 3 forts vol. au format in-12 172 x 107 mm de 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 623 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 631 pp. et 1 f. bl. ; 1 f. bl. 2 ff. n.fol. 574 pp. et 1 f. bl. Reliures uniformes de l'ÂŽpoque de pleine basane marbrÂŽe blonde plats jansÂŽnistes dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽs de doubles caissons dorÂŽs filets verticaux en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs fleurons dorÂŽs semis de pointillÂŽs et de petits fleurons dorÂŽs piÂce de titre de maroquin blonde titre dorÂŽ tomaison dorÂŽe palette dorÂŽe en queue filet dorÂŽ sur les coupes tranches rouges. Ensemble complet des trois volumes le constituant. Seconde ÂŽdition en partie originale ici revue corrigÂŽe et augmentÂŽe comparativement ˆ celle de 1784. Rahir indique que ''Les Etudes de la Nature avaient commencÂŽ ˆ para”tre dÂs 1786 mais que les ÂŽditions suivantes contiennent des chapitres nouveaux. C'est dans celle de 1788 que paržt pour la premiÂre fois le roman de Paul et Virginie''. L'iconographie se compose d'un frontispice gravÂŽ en tÂte du premier volume d'aprÂs Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune ainsi que de 5 jolies planches dÂŽpliantes gravÂŽes. ''Saint-Pierre fut nommÂŽ par Louis XVI intendant du Jardin royal et du cabinet d'histoire naturelle du Roi en place de Buffon. Il mÂŽditait depuis longtemps le plan de cet ouvrage. Il racontera plus tard lui-mÂme dans Les Voeux d'un solitaire quelles difficultÂŽs il eut ˆ surmonter pour trouver un imprimeur qui voulut se charger de l'impression. La chose ÂŽtait d'autan moins facile que cette impression exigeait des avances considÂŽrables dont l'auteur ne pouvait faire qu'une faible partie. ''Bernardin de Saint-Pierre le crÂŽateur de Paul et Virginie est surtout lÕauteur dÕune apologÂŽtique les ƒtudes de la nature et les Harmonies de la nature. Ces Ãuvres imprÂŽgnÂŽes du climat intellectuel dÕune ÂŽpoque o la mÂŽtaphysique chrÂŽtienne est confrontÂŽe ˆ lÕintÂŽrÂt des CartÂŽsiens et des EncyclopÂŽdistes pour la physique sont une affirmation de la parole comme signe dÕhumanitÂŽ. '' Gabriel R. Thibault. Quant au roman Paul et Virginie il met en scÂne les deux protagonistes ÂŽponymes et ssus de deux familles diffÂŽrentes. Mais pourtant ÂŽlevÂŽs en commun - comme un frÂre et une sÃur - sur fond de splendeur naturelle des paysages tropicaux de l”le Maurice. Mais ˆ l'adolescence des sentiments amoureux naissent entre les deux personnages. La mÂre de Virginie Madame de la Tour dÂŽcide alors de l'ÂŽloigner de Paul en envoyant sa fille ÂŽtudier en France laissant Paul ˆ son chagrin. Plusieurs annÂŽes aprÂs Virginie annonce son retour sur l'”le mais le navire qui la ramÂne de France est pris dans une tempÂte. Appartenant au registre pathÂŽtique Paul et Virginie dÂŽcrit avec force les sentiments amoureux et la nostalgie du paradis perdu. Au-delˆ du cadre exotique et de la description d'une sociÂŽtÂŽ idyllique Bernardin de Saint-Pierre expose dans ce roman sa vision pessimiste de l'existence. Brunet V Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres 57 pour l'ÂŽdition de 1784 - 1792 chez Didot - Fournier Nouveau dictionnaire portatif de bibliographie p. 468 - Tchemerzine X Bibliographie des auteurs franÂais p. 148 - Rahir BibliothÂque de l'amateur p. 321 - QuÂŽrard VIII La France littÂŽraire p. 364 - Cioranescu III Bibliographie de la littÂŽrature franÂaise du XVIIIÂme siÂcle 58854. Angles ÂŽmoussÂŽs. Coupes et coiffes parfois ÂŽlimÂŽes. Petit dÂŽfaut - sans consÂŽquence - pouvant affecter les mors. Marques brunes sur deux des dos. Quelques rousseurs ou petites t‰ches dans les corps d'ouvrages. Petite cerne affectant les fonds de cahiers des feuillets liminaires du dernier volume. Nonobstant bonne condition. b42961 unknown
1791WB15654Paris: Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune 1791. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xlvij 1 130 pages 1. Includes final blank leaf and rare as such. First edition with vertical chainlines and statement "De l'imprimerie de Monsieur" preceding publisher's imprint on title. Contemporary brown calf rebacked; a.e.g. One of the smaller deluxe limitation on wove paper. Previous owner's signature on verso of half-title. A sound copy and complete <br/><br/> Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune hardcover
1791WB15666Paris: Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune 1791. Hardcover. Very Good. Variant issue from the more frequently encountered 130 pp. first edition from the same year. Early calf; small loss to top of spine minor wear but in all a very nice copy. <br/><br/> Chez P. Fr. Didot le Jeune hardcover
1775022667Paris: Duchesne. Full leather with raised bands and gilt decorations within the compartments. First Edition. An Enlightenment volume dedicated so social improvement. Front cover and front free endpaper detached loss at head and foot of spine scrapes inside front cover notations in pencil on rear blank otherwise internals nice Fair. . Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1775. Duchesne hardcover
1775127155Paris: Chez la veuve Duchesne 1775. First edition of this collection. Published by the agronomist Augstin Alletz the work gathers Saint-Pierre's proposals for the reform and improvement of society. Saint-Pierre's writings proved an important influence on the enlightenment especially on Rousseau although Rousseau did disagree with Saint-Pierre's proposals for European federation attacking the suggestion in an essay of 1756. Duodecimo 165 x 94 mm. Portrait frontispiece. Contemporary quarter sheep red and brown morocco labels spine richly gilt to compartments marbled paper sides with vellum tips marbled endpapers pink edges. Half-title and imprimatur leaf present. Light abrasion to front covers and around extremities light creasing to a few page corners else a very nice copy. hardcover
179398429BB1793 . 10 Bände in 5. Paris: Didot 1793. 12°. Anmerkungen XXVII ca 295 S. pro Band. 1 gestochenes Frontispiz. 2 Kupfer mit -4 Ausfalttaf. Halbleder.Rückentitel in Goldschrift- floralem Dekor. Umlaufender heller Farbschnitt. altersgemäss gebräunt; wenig stockfleckig; leicht angestaubt; Band 10 S.241 leicht gelockert; Kanten etwas beschabt; Ecken minim bestossen; sonst in gutem Zustand Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-Pierre 1737-1814 französischer Schriftsteller. Aus dem Inhalt: De la nature. L'Arcadie. La chaumière indienne. Paul et Virginie. unknown
1798131211798. unknown
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.
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
1799HE6954A Londres: De L'Imprimerie De Baylis Et se trouve chez Vernor & Hood 1799. HB. Full brown blindstamped leather gilt lettering on spine 16mo iv 172 pp. Engraved frontis and 4 full-page plates within text. Frontis detached 3 owner's names on ffep. small paper repair on page 172 not affecting any text. No marks in text binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear corners bumped. Book condition VG-. De L'Imprimerie De Baylis, Et se trouve chez Vernor & Hood hardcover
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
1797050313Worcester: J. Nancrede 1797. First American Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Vol. 2 only of 2 Ex library with stamp on fly leaf accession label on verso of title page number on spine & pocket removed from back. Full leather quite scuffed edges worn covers almost detached. Paper age toned but not brittle from moderate to somewhat heavy foxing. Evans #32797. Size: 8vo. 432 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 pounds or less. Category: Religion & Theology; 18th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. J. Nancrede hardcover
1799018678New York: H. Caritart 1799. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Recently rebound with a cloth spine and marbilized boards binding rates fine with interior moderately foxed. . H. Caritart Hardcover
17848497Paris: Pierre F. Didot & Mequignon 1784. Hardcover. 1784 -1788. 4 volumes 12mo with a difficult publication history. The 1st 3 volumes are the 1st edition; although the 4th volume states it is the 3rd edition this is the first edition published containing the containing the story of "PAUL ET VIRGINIE" which became wildly popular. The fourth volume also contains a 70Ppp "Avis" in which the author attempts to prove his geographical beliefs by drawing on all three of Cook's voyages and his barimetric readings; pere Charlevoix in Nouvelle-France; Crevecoeur in Ohio; Linschoten & Barents; Byron; Middleton. <br /> <br /> Volume 1 - 623pp black and white frontis by Moreau le jeune a folding map of the Western Hemisphere "Hemisphere Atlantique" showing the ship route which goes around Cape Horn and approaches the ice at the Antarctic entitled "Route de Cook autour du Pole"'; Volume 2 - 631pp 3 folding plates of flowers & botanical subjects; Volume 3 - 574 pp; Volume 4 "Troisieme Edition revue corrigee et augmentee" and lists both printers Didot and Mequignon - 532pp 4pp approbations & privilege du Roi. Copper engraved plates. Bound in period full mottled calf spine in compartments. Gilt decoration somewhat dulled & spines generally worn with large chip of lower spine of vol. 4 which also has a long verticle split but a most pleasant set all edges red pristine internally. Spence 1024. Includes the widely read 18th century story "PAUL ET VIRGINIE" which is set on the Isle de France considered part of the Antarctic territories thus it is included in Spence.<br /> <br /> This copy conforms to a copy held by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek listed separately as <br /> OCLC: 1657965; OCLC: 165796566; 165796569; OCLC: 165796572. The 1st 3 volumes published by Didot 1784; the 4th vol Didot and Mequignon and "Troisieme Edition revue corrigee et augmentee Pierre F. Didot & Mequignon hardcover
1798AQ25735Madrid: Pantaleon Aznar 1798. 10 xxvi 250pp 4. With a half-title an engraved title page an engraved plate and two terminal leaves of advertisements. Contemporary gilt-tooled sprinkled calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece all edges red. Rubbed loss to head of spine. Marbled endpapers without FFEP inked ownership inscription of T. Beckett to head of half-title scattered spotting. A Spanish translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best known – and immensely popular novel - Paul et Virginie Paris 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 enslaved people. . 8vo. Pantaleon Aznar unknown
179825995Madrid: Pantaleon Aznar 1798. 15x10 5h. incluyendo portada con grabado XXVIp 248p 1 lámina esquinas de las primeras hojas con leve mancha de humedad algo de óxido. Piel de época rueda dorada en planos tejuelo y dorados en lomo cortes pintados. Buen estado. Pantaleon Aznar 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
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
