SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de. Paul et Virginie, Paris: L. Curmer, 1838, large 8°, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates on india paper mounted, one hand-coloured, illustrations, finely-bound in later scarlet morocco by H. Petit, covers with wide gilt-tooled borders, spine gilt in compartments, dentelles gilt, g.e.
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SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin de. Paul et Virginie, Paris: L. Curmer, 1838, large 8°, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates on india paper mounted, one hand-coloured, illustrations, finely-bound in later scarlet morocco by H. Petit, covers with wide gilt-tooled borders, spine gilt in compartments, dentelles gilt, g.e.
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Loosely-inserted is an engraved portrait of the author by Hopwood after Lafitte.
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