188 - Jacques Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Paul and Virginie. Paris, Curmer, 1838. In-8, midnight blue calfskin, triple fillet, spine with 5 decorated raised bands, interior roulette, gilt edges (contemporary binding).

Jacques Henri BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE. Paul and Virginie. Paris, Curmer, 1838. In-8, midnight blue calfskin, triple fillet, spine with 5 decorated raised bands, interior roulette, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Vicaire, VII-42 // LVI-458-(7f.) The most beautiful edition of *Paul and Virginie*, adorned with 28 (out of 29) woodcut illustrations outside the text, 7 steel-engraved portraits, a map, and 450 woodcut illustrations within the text based on works by Johannot, Meissonier, Français, Huet, and others... The portraits and woodcut illustrations outside the text are all (except one) on applied China paper. A copy from the second printing with captioned portraits and without the printed serpents on the woodcut illustrations outside the text. A fine copy enriched with 28 additional woodcuts outside the text, including a portrait by Wedgwood and illustrations by Desenne (8), Corbould (15), and unsigned artists (4), 19 of which are on applied China paper.