BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri).

BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri). • Paul and Virginie. •• The Indian Cottage. Paris, L. Curmer, 1838. In-4°, midnight blue half-maroquin with long grain and corner pieces, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed (late 19th-century pastiche binding). FIRST PRINTING with the title page bearing the address “25, rue Sainte-Anne,” and without the portrait of Madame Curmer (known as “La bonne femme”) on p. 418, which had not been printed in the very first copies. 37 engr

Category

Books & manuscripts

Location

Paris