Paul et Virginie.
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, Libraire, 1868. Illustrated by Charlerie, Hyppolite de la. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #28526
xxvii, 331pp. Contemporary full red morocco with five raised bands and gilt lettering on the spine, inner dentelles finely decorated in gold, all edges gilt. Signed on the turn-ins by Cuzin. Portait frontispiece, full page and in-text illustrations by Hyppolite de la Charlerie engraved by Meyer-Heine, Lignym Sargent, and Guillaume. Includes a short autobiography of the author. Old restoration to corner tips and spine ends, sporadic foxing, small faint stain to the upper edge of a few of the leaves, some minor scuffs to covers, light fading to spine. A bright, very good copy. In the French language. ; Folio.
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