Paul and Virginia / translated from the French of Bernardin Saint-Pierre ; by Helen Maria Williams ... ; with six plates, engraved by Richter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814.

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827, translator.

Vernor and Hood, bookseller.

Standardized Title:

Paul et Virginie. English

Language:

English

French

Penn Provenance:

Marriner, J. G. (autograph) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

J. W. Robinson Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) (label) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 168 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm (8vo)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Fingerprint:

m-es m:is ssor shAn (3) 1799 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Vernor and Hood ..., 1799.

Notes:

Added engraved title leaf which reads: Paul & Virginia, translated from the French of Bernardin Saint Pierre, with Original Sonnets, by Helen Maria Williams. Fourth Edition. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, N. 31 Poultry 1799.

Engraved illustrations (plates).

Woodcut tail-pieces.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy has a few early ms. marginal marks in text.

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 from Simon Beattie.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has autograph ("JG Marriner") on front pastedown.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has bookseller's label ("From the Books of J.W. Robinson Co. Seventh & Grand Los Angeles") on back pastedown.

Singer-Mendenhall copy bound in contemporary marbled calf(?); gold-tooled cover edges; spine tooled in gold; gold-stamped black leather spine label ("PAUL & VIRGINIA"); all edges stippled brown.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William J. and Irma S. Roach Fund.

Cited in:

ESTC T129729

OCLC:

316753039