Paul & Virginia
by Bernardin Saint Pierre
- Used
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Vernor and Hood, 1799 Translated from the French by Helen Maria Williams in 1795, Paris, amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny. 168 pages with 6 plates engraved by Richter. Uniformly foxed throughout. Owners inscription to front end paper 1805. Upper hinge cracked but firmly holding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9031
- Title
- Paul & Virginia
- Author
- Bernardin Saint Pierre
- Illustrator
- H Richter (engraver)
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Vernor and Hood
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1799
- Size
- 160x100mm
Terms of Sale
Wadard Books PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...