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

Lot 48
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +01:00
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€ 3 780
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 1421897
Lot 48 | BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 6 000
BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, Jacques-Henri (1737-1814)
Paul et Virginie. Paris : Didot l’aîné, 1806.

Précieux exemplaire, avec les planches en 4 états et sa page de titre enluminée à l’or, enrichi de 10 gravures supplémentaires, dans une magnifique reliure de Thouvenin. Brunet, V, col. 57 ; Carteret, Romantique, III, pp. 529-530.

Grand in-4 (312 x 234 mm), papier vélin. Page de titre rehaussée à l’or. Portrait de Bernardin de Saint-Pierre gravé par Ribault d’après Lafitte. 6 gravures d’après Lafitte, Girodet, Gérard, Moreau le Jeune, Prud’hon et Isabey, présentes en 4 états (définitif, avant la lettre, en couleurs et eau-forte pure). Un cinquième état des “Tombeaux” (état définitif, avec le titre mais sans la légende) est aussi présent. L’exemplaire a enfin été enrichi de 10 gravures supplémentaires, majoritairement soit d’autres représentations des mêmes scènes ou des réductions (inversées ou non) des gravures de l’ouvrage. (Rousseurs et piqûres, et parfois brunissures, en particulier à plusieurs planches. Sans l’avis au relieur.) Reliure de l’époque signée Thouvenin : maroquin aubergine, plats richement ornés d’un décor doré et à froid avec losange central et grands écoinçons aux angles, plats encadrés d’une dentelle à froid, dos à doubles nerfs, caissons richement ornés et dorés, doublure de papier ocre avec encadrement du même maroquin aubergine à la bordure dorée, fleurs et mille points aux angles, garde du même papier ocre, tranches dorées (quelques frottements aux coupes et aux coins).

A most precious copy, with the plates in 4 states, the title page heightened with gold, enriched with 10 additional plates and stunningly bound by Thouvenin.

Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Books, Books and manuscripts
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