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James-Henry-Bernardin De Saint-PierreBiblio.com

Studies of Nature in Three Volumes

1799NC0138C. Dilly 1799. Hardcover. Good. London 1799; Three Volumes complete; blue cloth covered boards; corners and spine edges bumped; back strips faded; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; From the library of ABAA bookseller Tom Nicely; Interior is clean and unmarked; light foxing heavier at end papers; individually paginated; Additional shipping charges may be required due to the size and weight of book. C. Dilly hardcover

A Squared Books · États-Unis95,00 $US≈ 80,38 €

James-Henry-Bernardin de Saint-PierreBiblio.com

Studies of Nature in Three Volumes Complete

179940655C. Dilly London 1799. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. xiv lxx 606 / xii 672 / 782pp. 3-volume set complete. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Modern rebind. Mismatched set: All are copies of 1799 second edition but Vol 2 is 1 1/2" taller than Vols 1 and 3. Hinges cracked. Title page of vol 2 loose but present pp v-viii absent. Translated by Henry Hunter. Plates absent from vol. 1. Vol. 2 contains 3 fold-out plates. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-5 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; 18th century; Environment & Ecology. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40655. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. C. Dilly hardcover

Dreadnought Books · Royaume-Uni50,00 £GB≈ 57,09 €

CASTEL DE SAINT-PIERRE (Charles-Irénée).Livre Rare Book

Projet de taille tarifée.

17372786A Rotterdam, chez Jean Daniel Beman, 1737. 2 parties en 1 vol. in-12 de (338)-96 pp., veau brun marbré, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).

Bonnefoi Livres Anciens · Paris, France1 000,00 €

Charles Irenee Castel de Saint-PierreBiblio.com

PROJET DE TAILLE TARIFEE. Nouvelle edition revue par l'Auteur et augmentee de Nouvelles Observations.

1739002335Rotterdam Paris: Benon et Briasson 1739. Un volume in 12o di 4-8-479 pagine. Legatura coeva in pelle difetti al dorso crrniere ed angoli con vecchie macchie d'umido. Edizione sconosciuta alla Bnf. Si tratta probabilmente di una contraffazione della 3° ed. Nella Tavola dei capitoli si indica una Idée générale de la Taille tariffée a p. XV: ma nell'esemplare peraltro completo non c'è alcuna introduzione cifrata con numeri romani come invece nell'altra edizione della stessa data. Dell'importanza di questa opera del Saint Pierre nella storia della fiscalità e dell'economia in Francia vedi Mireille Tauzery L'invention de l'impot sur le revenu. La taille tarifée 1715-89.: "Le livre connait une réedition en 1739 augmentée à la lumière de la réforme du controleur général Orry". Benon et Briasson

Libreria Bacbuc · Italie755,00 €

BERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRELivre Rare Book

Paul et Virginie.

178930655Reliure de présent en maroquin rouge, avec envoi autographe signé Paris, De l'Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1789. 1 vol. (75 x 130 mm) de 1 f., xxxv et 243 p. Maroquin rouge, deux filets dorés bordant une chaînette d'encadrement dorée sur les plats, dos lisse orné, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, monogramme doré « SM » au centre des plats, roulette intérieure (reliure de l'époque). Première édition séparée. Elle est ordonnée par Pierre François Didot, le jeune, avec une édition luxueuse sur un papier de choix provenant de ses papeteries d’Essonne, qu’il enrichit d’illustrations – l’édition sur papier ordinaire n’en contenant pas : 4 figures de Moreau le Jeune, la dernière en collaboration avec Joseph Vernet, gravées sur cuivre par Girardet, Halbou et Longueil. Envoi signé : « pour Mademoiselle Mesnard de Conichard, par l’auteur, De Saint-Pierre ».

Librairie Walden · Orléans, France7 000,00 €

SAINT-PIERRE (Bernardin de).Livre Rare Book

Paul et Virginie.

178914860Paris Imprimerie de Monsieur 1789 In-16 veau havane raciné de l'époque, roulette dorée encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné de fers dorés, pièce de titre verte, filet doré sur les coupes, dentelle dorée intérieure, tranches dorées. XXXV-243. (Reliure exécutée vers 1810. Manque le dernier feuillet marbré).

Librairie Jeanne Laffitte · Marseille, France350,00 €

[Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre]Biblio.com

Paul et Virginie

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

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni125,00 £GB≈ 142,73 €

Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-PierreBiblio.com

Paul et Virginie

1799925P16Londres; London: Baylis; Vernor & Hood; Boosey 1799. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4". Not Stated. An 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.'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 a frontispiece and four plates.By Bernardin de Saint-Pierre a botanist and author who is best known for this novel.Collated complete. In a full straight grain morocco binding. Externally smart. Light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little discoloured. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Ink inscriptions to the verso of the front endpaper and recto of the front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spotting. Very Good Baylis; Vernor & Hood; Boosey hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni120,00 £GB≈ 137,02 €

Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-PierreBiblio.com

Paul et Virginie

1797964Y55London: L'Imprimerie de Baylis 1797. Leather. Very Good. 7" by 5". Not Stated . A scarce early edition of this important French novel from Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-Pierre complete with engraved plates. A scarce early edition of this popular 18th-century classic from Jacques-Bernardin-Henri de Saint-Pierre.In full marbled calf boards.Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is widely regarded as Bernardin's finest novel. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule and centres around the lives of two children Paul and Virginia.Collated complete with five plates of engravings. Collated from an identical copy held at the University of Oxford Libraries. In full marbled calf. Externally smart with rubbing to the spine and board edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright with light scattered spotting throughout. Very Good L'Imprimerie de Baylis hardcover

Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni130,00 £GB≈ 148,43 €

Saint Pierre, BernardinBiblio.com

Paul et Virginie

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. . . del'Imprimerie de Monsieur [i.e. Didot jeune], hardcover

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis150,00 $US≈ 126,92 €

Saint Pierre, Jacques Bernardin Henri DeBiblio.com

Paul et Virginie

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

UnCommon Books · États-Unis88,00 $US≈ 74,46 €

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin deBiblio.com

PAUL ET VIRGINIE; With PAUL AND MARY AN INDIAN STORY Three Volumes Total; With AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY SAINT-PIERRE Extra-Illustrated with 70 Proofs Before Letters

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. 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. 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." 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. CONTENTS: Vol. I. 8 xii 4 191 pages interspersed with numerous unpaginated plates -- Vol. II. 8 158 pages interspersed with numerous unpaginated plates. 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. 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" "1. Set of proofs by Achille Devéria 2. Set of proofs by Corboald 3. Set of proofs 4. Set of proofs Medallions in color 5. Set of proofs Medallions in color by Dutailly Guyot sculp 6. Set of proofs by Desenne 7. Set proofs by Jean-Michel Moreau 8. Set proofs by Tony Johannot 9. Set proofs by Corboald small 10. Set proofs by Lery 11. Set proofs by Jean-Antoine-Valentin Foulquier 12. Autographed Letter In All 70 Plates All proofs." 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. 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. References: ESTC T70721. 1321872. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. J. Dodsley; De L'Imprimerie de Monsieur hardcover

Second Story Books, ABAA · États-Unis4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Bernardin-Henri deBiblio.com

Paul et Virginie

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

Parker's Rare Books · États-Unis145,00 $US≈ 122,68 €

Bernadin Saint-PierreBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia.

1796C204747London: Vernor and Hood 1796. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. 2nd English edition. Full leather splitting at hinges lacking plates otherwise a good copy with clean contents. Vernor and Hood, hardcover

Robin Summers Books Limited · Royaume-Uni150,00 £GB≈ 171,27 €

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Henry HunterBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia : an Indian story

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

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Bernardin Saint-Pierre, translated by Helen Maria WilliamsBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia

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

Byre Books · Royaume-Uni75,27 £GB≈ 85,94 €

Bernardin de Saint-Pierre; Samuel Hill; Henry HunterBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia : an Indian story 2 volume set

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

SequiturBooks · États-Unis490,00 $US≈ 414,59 €

Bernardin Saint-Pierre; Translator-Helen Maria WilliamsBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia

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

Shelley and Son Books · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin DeBiblio.com

Paul and virginia. Translated from the french by bernardin saint-pierre

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

Antiquates Ltd · Royaume-Uni250,00 £GB≈ 285,45 €

Saint Pierre, Bernardin de (1737-1814). Richter, H (illus)Biblio.com

Paul and Virginia : translated from the French of Bernardin Saint-Pierre by Helen Maria Williams . with six plates engraved by Richter

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

MW Books Ltd. · Irlande234,00 $US≈ 197,99 €

SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques Henri Bernardin de (1737-1814). WILLIAMS, Helen Maria (1762-1827). DUTAILLY (fl 1810-1812), illustratorBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia.

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. 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. 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. '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. 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. ESTC t131741 listing BL Bodleian Wisbech; Cornell Harvard Morgan Penn Princeton Smith College Toronto UCLA Chicago Illinois Virginia and Yale. 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.

Amanda Hall Rare Books · Royaume-Uni4 000,00 $US≈ 3 384,40 €

WILLIAMS, Helen Maria (trans); SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin deBiblio.com

Paul and Virginia.

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

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni1 500,00 £GB≈ 1 712,70 €

[SAINT PIERRE, Jacques-Henri Bernardin De]Biblio.com

Paul and mary an indian story

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

Antiquates Ltd · Royaume-Uni500,00 £GB≈ 570,90 €