Paul and Virginia ... with illustrations by Maurice Leloir
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. Edition limited to 800 copies (this, no. 42); large 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [1], 208, [1]; inserted title-p. after a design by Leloir printed in green, engraved frontispiece, vignette title-p. printed in red and black, 11 engraved plates, plus 120 other engravings throughout the text; contemporary full blue morocco, gilt-ruled covers with gilt floral sprays in the corners, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, gilt lettered in 1, a.e.g., inner dentelles; some minor scuffing to the covers, but in all a very good, sound copy. The preliminary matter includes a 16-page memoir of the author, as well as the author's own introduction to his classic story of adventure, love, and death on the isle of Mauritius. Item #33841
Price: $150.00
