Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814
Title:
Paul et Virginie / par Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.
Published / Created:
À Paris : De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1806.
Physical Description:
xcii, 194, [5] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 32 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PQ2065 .P3 1806+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Antoine Achille Bourgeois de la Richardière, Edme Bovinet, André Jjoseph Mécou, Jean Pillement, J.F. Prot, Jean François Ribault, and Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger; after François-Pascal-Simon Gérard, Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Louis Lafitte, Jean Michel Moreau, and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.

Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), V, 58

Carteret, L. Trésor du bibliophile romantique et moderne, 1801-1875, III, 529

Vicaire, G. Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe siècle, 1801-1893, VII, 35

"Liste des souscripteurs de cette édition": p. [195]-[199].

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary purple smooth calf, with gilt fillets on the sides, and panelled gilt back with the crowned "D" of the Duke of Devonshire (i.e. William VII, Duke of Devonshire). Bookplate: Kenneth Rapoport.
Subject Terms:
Engraving, French -- 18th century. | Devonshire, William Cavendish, Duke of, 1808–1891 -- Provenance. | Rapoport, Kenneth -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1806.
Form/Genre:
Subscribers' lists. | Armorial bindings (Provenance)
Contributors:
Gérard, François, 1770–1837, ill. | Girodet-Trioson, Anne-Louis, 1767–1824, ill. | Isabey, Jean-Baptiste, 1767–1855, ill. | Lafitte, Louis, 1770–1828, ill. | Moreau, Jean Michel, 1741–1814, ill. | Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul, 1758–1823, ill. | Bourgeois de la Richardière, Antoine Achille, 1777–, engraver. | Bovinet, Edme, 1767–1832, engraver. | Mécou, André Joseph, 1771–1837, engraver. | Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808, engraver. | Prot, J. F., engraver. | Ribault, Jean François, 1767–1820, engraver. | Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, 1767–1841, engraver.