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Names: Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814 (Author); Thouvenin, Joseph, 1791-1834 (Binder); Didot, Pierre, 1761-1853 (Printer of plates)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1806; Place: Paris; Publisher: Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné; Issuance: monographic
Library locations: Spencer Collection; Shelf locator: Spencer Coll. French 1806++
Topics: Engraving, French; Engraving -- 18th century; Drawings -- France -- 19th century; Charcoal drawings -- France -- 19th century; Ink drawings -- France -- 19th century
Genres: Books; Illustrations; Prints; Literature; novels
Notes: Citation/reference: Brunet, V, col. 57; Citation/reference: Cohen-De Ricci col. 933; Statement of responsibility: llustrations: Engraved portrait of the author by Ribault after Lafitte; 6 plates by Bourgeois de la Richardière, Bovinet, Mécou, Pillement fils, Prot and Roger, after Gérard, Girodet, Isabey, Lafitte, Moreau and Prud'hon, in three states: proofs in preliminary etched state, inlaid, proofs before letters in black and proofs after letters printed in colors by Langlois.; Statement of responsibility: With 2 sets of proofs before letters, one in black, inlaid, and one colored by hand, of 4 engravings in octavo size after Moreau and Vernet. With an original drawing in charcoal by Prud'hon for the plate "Naufrage de Virginie," inlaid, and an original drawing in pen and ink by Vernet, mounted.; Ownership: With bookplate of Emmanuel Martin and leather label of Cortlandt F. Bishop.; Content: Binding, by Thouvenin, of full plum-colored straight-grain morocco, gilt, with center ornament in red, yellow and green; doublures and linings of olive straight-grain morocco, gilt, ornamented in red, green and plum; in red morocco case.; Content: "Liste des souscripteurs de cette édition," [6] p. at end.
Physical Description: Extent: [4], xcii, 194, [6] p., plates : port., ill. (some col.) ; 51 cm; With autograph of Thouvenin.
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16833647; RLIN/OCLC: 131737939; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 195462f0-8feb-0130-e172-58d385a7b928

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