1820 Complete Works Bernardin Saint-Pierre Paul & Virginie French Philosophy 19v

1820 Complete Works Bernardin Saint-Pierre Paul & Virginie French Philosophy 19v

 

“If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.”

― Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul and Virginia

 

A rare, early 19^th-century printing of the complete works of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Saint-Pierre wrote children’s literature, nature and botany treatises, and philosophy dialogues – a wide variety of writings. His most famous work, ‘Paul et Virginie’, was a highly popular children’s book originally published in 1788.

 

Item number: #1284

Price: $750

 

BERNARDIN de SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri

 

Oeuvres complètes

 

Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, 1820.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: 19 volume set
  • Illustrated with 25 engravings
  • Volumes:
    • Tome 1 – Essai sur la vie et les ouvrages
    • Tome 2 – Voyage à l’Ile-de-France
    • Tomes 3-7 – Etudes de la nature
    • Tomes 8-10 – Paul et Virginie, Arcadie…
    • Tomes 11-15 – Harmonies de la nature
    • Tome 16 – Voeux d’un solitaire
    • Tome 17 – Dialogues philosphiques
    • Tome 18 – Melanges
    • Tome 19 – Essai sur ses Ouvrages
  • Binding: Leather; tight & secure
  • Language: French
  • Size: ~5.5in X 3.5in (14cm x 9cm)

 

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