[Artist's Lithograph Book] Paul et Virginie / Limited Edition 1949

Description: [Artist's Lithograph Book] Paul et Virginie Author: DE SAINT-PIERRE, Bernardin (with Original Lithographs by Huges de Jouvancourt) Title: [Artist's Book] Paul et Virginie Publication: Port-Louis - Ile Maurice: Éditions Esclapon, 1949 Edition: Jouvancourt Limited Edition Description: Huges de Jouvancourt. Jouvancourt Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 24 from an edition 250 copies. The colophon and loose publishers ad insert both state that the lithograph stones were destroyed after printing. A series of unbound signatures in a cloth backed case with a paper spine label, folio size (16 inches tall), pp. [12], 132, [8], illustrated w. head and tailpieces, 13 full page lithographs (inc. the internal case front cover and frontis) - 11 being signed in pencil by Jouvancourt. Text in French. The prints and text are contained in an inner case (with an original lithograph on front cover) and all signatures remain untrimmed and unbound as issued. The outer case is worn and slightly bowed near bottom corner with soil, stains and some discoloration, hinges cracked, lacks original ties from fore-edge, label is chipped ; inner case is clean with a few small spots and a small crack to joint at foot of lower cover, text with an occasional spot of soil or closed tear to leaf extremities - not affecting prints. Outer Case : Fair / Inner Case, Text and Lithographs : Very Good to Near Fine. Huges de Jouvancourt has created a beautiful set of prints to illuminate this edition of a classic French love story. "Paul et Virginie (sometimes known in English as Paul and Virginia) is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule, then named Île de France. Written on the eve of the French Revolution, the novel is recognized as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre lived on the island for a time and based part of the novel on a shipwreck he witnessed there." wiki. Seller ID: 4261 Subject: Artwork, Prints & Posters, Signed Books Harropian Books Nelson, B.C., Canada Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs). Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is Canada Post. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. n.b. * Please wait for us to create a new updated invoice reflecting combined shipping costs before making your payment and ignore the auto-generated eBay invoices which will NOT reflect combined shipping costs. * All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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