Author: SAINT-PIERRE, BERNARDIN DE (1737-1814)
Title: Paul and Virginia / translated from the French of Bernardin Saint-Pierre by Helen Maria Williams
Description: London : Printed for John Sharpe; Longman. Hurst. Rees. Orme. and Brown; Baldwin. Cradock. and Joy; and George Cowie and Co. 1819 [i.e.1820] 1819. 1st Edition in this form. Very good copy bound in contemporary full aniline calf. Raised bands and gilt-blocked titles to spine. with compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Decorative gilt-stamped border to upper and lower boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat worn and rubbed as with age. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some age toning and tanning internally. especially around the prelims and plates. Small bookseller's label on blank prelim. leaf: Wm. A. Colman. Broadway. New York. Previous owner's inscription and signature to half title and engraved title pages. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight and strong. Further scans. images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 168 pages; Physical description: viii. 168 p. [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm. 12mo. Added engraved title page. with vignette. dated 1820.The plates and title vignette are drawn by Richard Westfall. engraved by Charles Heath; three of the plates are dated 1820.Printer's imprint on verso of title leaf. and at foot of p. 168: C. Whittingham. printer. College House. Chiswick. Translation of: Paul et Virginie. Subjects: French literature -- Children's books -- Translations into English.Weight in Kg appr.:

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