Paul et virginie.
Paris.
Chez Deterville, 1816.
8vo.
[2], viii, 242pp. With a half-title and an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, scattered spotting.
An early eighteenth century edition of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best known, immensely popular novel, the Mauritius-set romance Paul et Virginie.
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref: 33111
