Author: SAINT-PIERRE, JACQUES BERNARDIN DE
Title: Etudes De La Nature
Description: Paris, Didot Jeune, Imprimerie. 1792, 4Th. Edition. Full-Leather, 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book, Etudes de la nature, 5 Vols. Full calf, spines gilt, with title pieces and "tomaison" in red morocco.+ gilt filet line and tooled borderline. Vol.1- xxxvi-646pp.Engr. front. + folding worldmap, Vol. 2-650 pp.+ 2 folding botanical plates, and a loosely inserted, lthographed portrait of the author. Vpl.3- 595 pp. Vol.4- lxxxii- 532pp. Vol.5- xxiv-411 + lvi-72 pp. (La chaumiere Indienne). A very nice set . Contains Paul et Virginie, La Chaumiere Indienne, Les Voeux d'un solitaire, avec un supplement, sur papier "fin" This classic here in a most desirable edition, giving chapters on (e.g.) Colors, Harmony, Order, Contrasts, and his famous "Objections contre les methodes de notre raison, et les principes de nos sciences". Very Good.

Keywords: St. Pierre, Bernardin de


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