142

BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)

The item was sold for 833

Fees include commission and taxes.

Back to auction
BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)

Complete works. Paris, Méquignon-
Marvis, 1818 12 volumes in-8, from 250 to 650 pp. per volume.
Full blond calf decorated on the plates with an antique style frieze, smooth spine decorated with antique style lyres and frames with green morocco title and tomaison pieces, gilt fillets on the hunts, red peppered slices, green marbled paper endpapers, preserved pink silk bookmarks.
First collective edition. Portrait of the author in frontispiece, engraved by F. Lignon after
Girodet-Trioson.
27 plates, including a folding leaflet, and vignettes distributed in the first 7 volumes.
Volumes 1 and 2, Voyage à l'Ile-de-France| volumes 3 to 7, Études de la nature| volumes 8 to 10, Harmonies de la nature| volume 11, Vœux d'un solitaire, Suite des vœux d'un solitaire,
Fragment sur la théorie de l'univers, Mémoire sur les marées| volume 12, Mélanges (Essais sur J. J. Rousseau, Parallèle de Voltaire et de
J. J. Rousseau, Discours sur l'éducation des femmes, Dialogues philosophiques, Dialogue sur la critique et les journaux, Mémoire sur la nécessité de joindre une ménagerie au Jardin des Plantes de Paris, etc.).
(State of use, rubbed and skinned bindings, lack of gilding).