BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES HENRI. 1737-1814.

Paul et Virginie. Paris: L. Curmer, 1838.

Paul et Virginie. Paris: L. Curmer, 1838.
8vo (260 x 168 mm). Wood-engraved vignette on verso of half-title, extra wood-engraved pictorial half-title, colored steel-engraved map, 7 portraits; and 28 wood-engraved plates, engraved vignette of Madame Curmer on p 418, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and decorative headers throughout. Black morocco gilt by Chambolle-Duru, spine gilt with 5 raised bands, gilt ruled borders on covers, gilt ruled dentelles and marbled endpapers, edges gilt, marbled paper slipcase, modern clamshell box. Light rubbing to edges of binding, minor spotting and fingermarks, wear to slipcase.
Provenance: Albert M. Todd [American businessman, Congressman and bibliophile, 1850-1931] (bookplate).

"BONNE FEMME" EDITION with vignette of Madame Curmer inserted after La Chaumierre Indienne and before Flore de Paul et Virginie. One of the most extravagantly illustrated French books of the 19th century. Carteret III:532-47; Ray, French 226A.