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BERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE. Paul et Virginie, followed by La Chaumière indienne. Miniature edition. Paris, Masson fils, 1839, in-12 bound in full chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, fillets framing the boards and spandrels, interior roulette, gilt edges. Signed Bruyère binding. Illustrated with a portrait of the author, a colored title-frontispiece, 12 woodcut hors-texte vignettes printed on Chine contrecollé, and numerous in-text engravings. First edition illustrations. Known as the "little sister" edition, the elder being that of 1838.
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BERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE. Paul et Virginie, followed by La Chaumière indienne. Miniature edition. Paris, Masson fils, 1839, in-12 bound in full chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt fillets and fleurons, fillets framing the boards and spandrels, interior roulette, gilt edges. Signed Bruyère binding. Illustrated with a portrait of the author, a colored title-frontispiece, 12 woodcut hors-texte vignettes printed on Chine contrecollé, and numerous in-text engravings. First edition illustrations. Known as the "little sister" edition, the elder being that of 1838.
