Accession number
PML 140464
Creator
Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.
Published
Paris : L. Curmer, 49 Rue Richelieu, 1838.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Half-title (p.[i]): Paul et Virginie, et La chaumière indienne; on verso, vignette inscribed "Par les soins de L. Curmer" and "Typographie et fonderie d'A. Everat & Cie., xvi, rue du Cadran,"
Wood engraved frontispiece: Paul et Virginie et La chaumière indienne.
Title vignette (medallion portraits of A. Everat and L. Curmer); initials, head and tail pieces.
Illustrated with 450 wood engraved vignettes, 29 wood engraved plates, and 7 steel engraved portraits.
Wood engravings by O. Smith and many others after Tony Johannot, Français, Eugène Isabey, Huet, Meissonier, and others; the 7 steel engravings are by Pelée, Revel, Cousin, and Pigeot after Lafitte, Johannot, and Meissonier.
The frontispiece, the 28 plates engraved on wood, and the 7 steel plates are printed on india paper (chine appliqué) and mounted; the vignette "Une bonne femme" (the first Mme Curmer) on india paper forming the tail-piece of p. 418 is wanting in this copy.
Plates accompanied by captioned guard sheets printed in letterpress.
"Table des noms des dessinateurs et des graveurs," 12 unnumbered pages at front. (In Vicaire this table of illustrations with the names of the artists follows the "Avant propos" and precedes the text) On the last page following the list of "Gravures sur acier" is a tail-piece engraved on wood: a medallion portrait of Orrin Smith, and beneath it the implements of the wood engraver.
"Notice historique et littéraire sur J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre"--p. [vii]-lii, signed Saint-Beuve.
Engraved portrait of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre after Lafitte facing the half-title (p. [vii]).
Separate t.p. (p. [317]): La chaumier̀e indienne, par J.-H. Bernardin de Saint Pierre. [Vignette: medallion portraits of E. Meissonnier and Paul Huet].
"Flore de Paul et Virginie et de La chaumière indienne"--p. [419]-458.
Originally issued in 30 (i.e. 29?) livraisons, 1836-1837. For full description cf. Vicaire, Manuel, t. 7, 1910, col. 42-68.
Wood engraved frontispiece: Paul et Virginie et La chaumière indienne.
Title vignette (medallion portraits of A. Everat and L. Curmer); initials, head and tail pieces.
Illustrated with 450 wood engraved vignettes, 29 wood engraved plates, and 7 steel engraved portraits.
Wood engravings by O. Smith and many others after Tony Johannot, Français, Eugène Isabey, Huet, Meissonier, and others; the 7 steel engravings are by Pelée, Revel, Cousin, and Pigeot after Lafitte, Johannot, and Meissonier.
The frontispiece, the 28 plates engraved on wood, and the 7 steel plates are printed on india paper (chine appliqué) and mounted; the vignette "Une bonne femme" (the first Mme Curmer) on india paper forming the tail-piece of p. 418 is wanting in this copy.
Plates accompanied by captioned guard sheets printed in letterpress.
"Table des noms des dessinateurs et des graveurs," 12 unnumbered pages at front. (In Vicaire this table of illustrations with the names of the artists follows the "Avant propos" and precedes the text) On the last page following the list of "Gravures sur acier" is a tail-piece engraved on wood: a medallion portrait of Orrin Smith, and beneath it the implements of the wood engraver.
"Notice historique et littéraire sur J.-H. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre"--p. [vii]-lii, signed Saint-Beuve.
Engraved portrait of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre after Lafitte facing the half-title (p. [vii]).
Separate t.p. (p. [317]): La chaumier̀e indienne, par J.-H. Bernardin de Saint Pierre. [Vignette: medallion portraits of E. Meissonnier and Paul Huet].
"Flore de Paul et Virginie et de La chaumière indienne"--p. [419]-458.
Originally issued in 30 (i.e. 29?) livraisons, 1836-1837. For full description cf. Vicaire, Manuel, t. 7, 1910, col. 42-68.
Description
[12], lvi, 458 p., [35] leaves of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 27 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Purple morocco decorated in gilt by Simier.
Classification
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