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18401409Paris: Chez Ledentu 1840. Hardcover. Good. Two volume set leather spine with raised bands tooling and gilt rules & titles maroon pebble cloth boards plain end papers. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. Vol. I. with frontispiece plate 786 generally clean pp. with the last few leaves darkly foxed and 6 additional plates. LXXII. & 651 pp. with scattered dark foxing. Both volumes printed in double columns. Impressive looking volumes. French texts. Additional shipping charges will apply to international orders please inquire. Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 1737-1814 French naturalist novelist firend of Rousseau. "His chief work �tudes de la nature 1784 sought to prove the existence of God from the wonders of nature; it is rich in descriptive passages and it added specific color terms and plant names to the French language. A section of this was the sentimental prose idyll Paul et Virginie 1788 which attained immense vogue and influenced the French romanticists." - The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia online. Chez Ledentu hardcover
1836334804Paris France: Chez A. Desrez et Chez Lefèvre libraires-éditeurs 1836. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Chez A. Desrez / Chez Lefevre 1836; no additional printings of. this condensed edition first thus; 786pp. / 651pp. each with its own table of contents. Quarto two-column text format. Half leather marbled boards. Bindings are firm and fully intact; fly-leaf torn over front and rear hinges on Vol. 1 may become precarious without mindful handling; scholar's pencil markings on end pages and in some of the works in this collection text on the whole remains clean; mild foxing faint damp-spotting to some interior pages; boards worn at edges and corners particularly three of Vol. II's corners; mild rubbing to marbled paper on all boards as well; leather spine worn at ends toned gilt titling dulled but clearly legible. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Chez A. Desrez et Chez Lefèvre, libraires-éditeurs hardcover
1833230554Paris: Lefèvre 1833. 784; 621 pp. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Three-quarter calf marbled boards red and black morocco spine labels. Spine label of Vol. I slightly chipped else a Near Fine set. 784; 621 pp. 2 vols. Royal 8vo. Lefèvre unknown
182256805E-130: Masson Y Hijo. Very Good. 1822. Leather. Leather. 12mo. Masson y Hijo Paris France. 1822. Viii 217 pages. Illustrated with 4 leaves of plates. Text in Spanish. Bound in gilt decorated leather with gilt titles present to the spine and gilt decoration present to the spine ends. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards boards are scuffed and worn. Foxing is present. Previous owner's name one G Harrison possibly a member of one of the 1st family of VA present ot the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre also called Bernardin de St. Pierre 19 January 1737 Le Havre 21 January 1814 Éragny Val-d'Oise was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel Paul et Virginie now largely forgotten but in the 19th century a very popular children's book. E-130; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 217 pages . Masson Y Hijo hardcover
1816146540ParisPerpinan: J. Alzine 1816. Relié. Etat satisfaisant. in-16. Traducido en Espanol por D. Josef Miguel Aléa. 233 pp. Demi reliure cuir frottée. Coins très usés. Une tache sur la page de titre et les 1ères pages. J. Alzine unknown
185015085MADRID: Oficinas y Estableciemiento Tipográfico del Seminario Pintoresco español y de la ilustración 1850. Folio.- 24 p.- Media tela.- Ilustraciones entre texto. Ediciones populares de los libros antiguos y modernos mas leidos en Europa enriquecidas con profusión de grabados. Biblioteca Universal publicada bajo la dirección de don Angel Fernandez de los Rios. Palau nº: 285217 Oficinas y Estableciemiento Tipográfico del Seminario Pintoresco español y de la ilustración unknown
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182254Turino Turin: Luigi Soffietti 1822. Textblock toned and soiled. Contemporary signatures and drawings to both front and rear leaves. A good copy. Scarce Italian edition of Saint-Pierre's Paul et Virginie originally published in 1788. Limp homemade vellum wraps.<br /> <br /> 24mo. 188pp. No copies located on Worldcat. Luigi Soffietti unknown
184014336Milano: Vedova di A. F. Stella e Giacomo figlio 1840. Lievi segni d’usura sulla copertina piccola fessura all’estremità della cerniera anteriore novecentesche le sguardie e la carta decorata che riveste i piatti; sulle tavole qualche arrossamento e alone macchiette su qualche pagina. Complessivamente un discreto esemplare. Legatura in mezza percallina con titoli e fregi impressi in oro e a secco sul dorso piatti in carta decorata a motivi floreali in ottavo cm 20.5 x 14.5 pp XVI 175 1 24 tavole legate dopo il frontespizio testo entro cornice decorativa. Lievi segni d’usura sulla copertina piccola fessura all’estremità della cerniera anteriore novecentesche le sguardie e la carta decorata che riveste i piatti; sulle tavole qualche arrossamento e alone macchiette su qualche pagina. Complessivamente un discreto esemplare. Graziosa edizione italiana del quarto Étude de la Nature di Bernardin de Saint-Pierre inizialmente apparso nel 1788; la tragica storia d’amore tra due giovani cresciuti nell’incontaminata Mauritius ebbe uno straordinario successo in Francia e in Europa conoscendo numerose edizioni illustrate e non e traduzioni fino a tutto l'Ottocento. Questa edizione riprende la prefazione dell'edizione Masson del 1839 ispirandosi a questa anche per la cornice decorativa del testo e da quella milanese del 1822 la traduzione di Virginio Soncini con dedica ad Andrea Mustoxidi. Le tavole non intercalate al testo come indicato nell'indice delle incisioni ma poste dal legatore tra le pagine III e IV sono impresse dalla Premiata Litografia di Francesco Guarisco da disegni firmati C. F. Roth. Vedova di A. F. Stella e Giacomo figlio unknown
1814275441814. London printed for Vernor Hood and Sharpe and Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1814. Un vol. au format pt in-12 162 x 105 mm de 2 ff. bl. 1 frontispice gravÂŽ n.fol. 175 pp. et 2 ff. bl. Reliure de l'ÂŽpoque de plein veau glacÂŽ fauve quadruple filets ˆ froid encadrant les plats lesquels s'ornent d'une fine frise d'encadrement ˆ froid larges armes institutionnelles dorÂŽes portÂŽes au centre du premier plat dos ˆ nerfs ornÂŽ de filets gras en noir filet en pointillÂŽs dorÂŽs sur les nerfs filets gras et aigres dorÂŽs important dÂŽcor fleuronnÂŽ ˆ froid titre dorÂŽ sur fond ÂŽbÂne palette dorÂŽe en queue filets dorÂŽs sur les coupes dentelle intÂŽrieure dorÂŽe tranches jaspÂŽes. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une dÂŽlicate reliure du temps. Larges armes de l'Institution Feinaiglian Luxembourg dorÂŽes frappÂŽes au centre du premier plat. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente de ''six dont celle figurant en page de titre elegant engravings'' par Liagee et Rhodes. Angles ÂŽlimÂŽs. Plats et premier cahier recollÂŽes. Dos prÂŽsentant un ÂŽclat lÂŽgÂrement altÂŽrÂŽ. Petit dÂŽfaut en marge du frontispice. Feuillets parfois lÂŽgÂrement oxydÂŽs. PrÂŽsence de quelques claires rousseurs dans le corps d'ouvrage. b42961 unknown
18816000345William Paterson 1881. Hard cover. Very good/No jacket. Etchings by Ad LaLauze. #13/50 numbered copies from 433 printed. 3/4 leather. Bookplate of Ralph Kirkham Blair on the front flyleaf. William Paterson unknown
1811h45532NY: New York: Evert Duyckinck 1811. Hardcover. Fair. Early American edition. Small 8vo 7 x 4.25 inches old dark brown calf fair to good with amateur repairs - cloth bands reinforcing top and bottom of spine wear along front joint some varnishing along that joint too contents mainly very good some toning and light foxing with previous owner's bookplate and some additional inscriptions to endpapers small hole in the middle of the title page and to one of the plates facing p. 137. 154 pp frontispiece title vignette 3 additional full page woodcuts and 8 vignettes or tailpieces by Alexander Anderson considered America's "first illustrator." Rare in the trade and in libraries -- OCLC locates 7 holdings including Cornell Huntington AAS LSU Ohio State Newberry. The novel was first published in France in 1788. Evert Duyckinck hardcover
187878335Paris : Alphonse Lemerre 1878. 200x130mm. broch. Pages non rognes. Exemplaire sur beau papier non numrot. Petites dhirures sur le bas du dos. 356 Alphonse Lemerre unknown
180636olVernor Hood & Sharpe & Longman Hurst Rees & Orme London 1806. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 170 pages complete. From the library of Edna and Frank Bradlow the esteemed Africana specialists. A VERY RARE most pleasing copy of this most important seventh edition of 1806. The extraordinary fame of Paul & Virginia of the island of Mauritius was already inspiring artists authors and hearts. Pocket book sized. Full leather. The boards have wear about the edges corners and seams from use shelving and age The spine has five gilt double bands. It is a little worn and scuffed especially to head and foot but is otherwise genial efficient. The contents are most agreeable especially if one takes the age of the book into account. Despite some very mild - and expected - tanning about the edges the pages are clean clear healthy thick fresh-faced most confident and companionable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Vernor, Hood & Sharpe & Longman, Hurst Rees & Orme, London hardcover
1806C211420London: Vernon Hood and Sharpe 1806. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Twelvemo. vi 170. Bound in Full contemporary leather. Covers slightly rubbed with cracking to hinges lacking spine label a few pages slightly marked at fore-edge margin and one plate with slight chip to bottom corner otherwise very good. Inscription to second endpaper. With 6 engravings. Vernon, Hood, and Sharpe, hardcover
1879mon0000948391George Routledge and Sons 1879. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. George Routledge and Sons 1879. Binding firm. Pages clean and bright with minor foxing. Fine illustrations. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
1881844K1Edinburgh: William Paterson 1881. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 4.5". Ad Lalauze. A sumptuously bound limited edition copy of this noted work presented here in a full morocco binding with gilt detail by Andy Grieve. From an overall print run of four hundred and thirty three copies with this work being one of the one hundred and ninety with plates on China paper. Number two hundred and eleven with China plate copies running between fifty one and two hundred and forty. With a frontispiece and seven plates by Ad Lalauze. In a full morocco binding by Andy Grieve Edinburgh. With the bookplate of one 'Jacobus Cowan De Rosshall' to front paste down. In English. First published in French in 1788 Paul et Virginie tells the story of two friends since birth who fall in love. Set in Mauritius the work is considered Bernardin de Saint-Pierre best work noted for its commentary on the corruption caused by the French class system. In a full morocco binding by Andy Grieve with exquisite gilt detail to the boards and paste downs. Externally in excellent condition. Very minor rubbing to the extremities. Slightly bowed. Bookplate to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Spotting to tissue guards as usual. Near Fine William Paterson hardcover
1888138477London: Routledge 1888. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. large octavo. 3/4 leather xxvii 208pp. frontis. engravings With engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece vignette title-page printed in red & black 11 engraved plates plus 120 other engravings throughout the text. Edition limited to 800 copies this being No. 77. 3/4 bound in mid blue leather olive green at spine over textured pale blue cloth. Raised bands at spine with gilt titles & decoration. Binding is by Bayntun Routledge hardcover
188833841London: George Routledge and Sons 1888. Edition limited to 800 copies this no. 42; large 8vo pp. xxxvii 1 208 1; inserted title-p. after a design by Leloir printed in green engraved frontispiece vignette title-p. printed in red and black 11 engraved plates plus 120 other engravings throughout the text; contemporary full blue morocco gilt-ruled covers with gilt floral sprays in the corners gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments gilt lettered in 1 a.e.g. inner dentelles; some minor scuffing to the covers but in all a very good sound copy. The preliminary matter includes a 16-page memoir of the author as well as the author's own introduction to his classic story of adventure love and death on the isle of Mauritius. George Routledge and Sons unknown
1883RDESPAU00vgRoberts Brothers 1883. Very Good. De Saint-Pierre Bernardin. Paul and Virginia. Boston: Roberts Brothers 1883. 291pp. 12mo. Grey cloth. Book condition: Very good. Rubbed covers with bumped corners and slightly chipped backstrip. Front cover has faint stains. One gathering is loose. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1820977T47London: Suttaby Evance and Fox 1820. Leather. Good. 5" by 3". None. A smartly bound copy of two popular French historical romance novels translated into English. With a frontispiece and title vignette. This volume contains: Paul et Virginie or Paul and Virginia a novel first published in 1788. Set on the island of Mauritius under French rule we follow the title characters friends since birth who fall in love. Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is recognized as perhaps Bernardin's finest work. Written by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre a French writer and botanist best known for this work a very popular eighteenth-century classic of French literature. Elizabeth; or the Exiles of Siberia a popular French historical romance novel. The story centers on Elisabeth a young girl determined to rescue her father from exile in Siberia driven by an unwavering sense of filial duty and deep love for her family. Written by Sophie Cottin a French writer whose novels were popular in the nineteenth century and were translated into several languages. Bound in full straight grained morocco. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards with small cracks to the front joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers with a contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Good Suttaby, Evance and Fox hardcover
18393550057Londres.: W.S. Orr. 1839. Hardcover. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 24 cm. 307 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. Idioma ingles. Ilustrado con 330 reprod. de grabados e ilustraciones en texto . Cubierta deslucida. Literatura.82 82 W.S. Orr. hardcover
184028484Thomas Johnson Dale Street Liverpool n.d c. 1840. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Publisher's cloth with impressed design Owner's inscription on front pastedown. Thomas Johnson, Dale Street, Liverpool hardcover
1868MYTHOS003249IJames Miller circa 1868. Revised ed. Good. good plus: head & heel worn slight discoloration of dover has inscription dated Christmas 1868 James Miller unknown
1820426614London : Suttaby Evance & Fox : Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked leather. Gilt blocked title to spine with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v. in 1 196p8p1 leaf of plates : ill ports ; 13 cm. Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood ; Juvenile literature; Filial piety ; Juvenile literature; Utopias ; Juvenile literature; French fiction 18th century. London : Suttaby, Evance & Fox : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy hardcover