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Paul et Virginie, followed by La Chaumière Indienne, Le Café Surrate, Le Voyage en Silésie, L'éloge de mon Ami and Le Vieux Paysan Polonais..
BEAUTIFUL EDITION, PART ORIGINAL well printed in Didot type by L.-T. Cellot, decorated with a fine vignette on the title page and four out-of-text figures engraved on steel by Heath after Desenne.
Three early essays appear here for the first time: The Philosophical Praise of My Friend, The Old Polish Peasant and Les Voyages de Codrus. (Vicar VII, 38)
A very fine copy, luxuriously bound in the period by Hirou. in full aubergine calf with boards decorated with a cold floral design.
Contemporary binding by Hilkou, full aubergine calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt framing, fillets and fleurons, cold-plate floral decoration on covers framed with gilt fillets, marbled edges.
Scattered spotting, especially at the beginning of the book.