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Paul et Virginie


La Chaumière indienne
Illustrated by: Tony Johannot (French, 1803–1852)
Illustrated by: Paul Huët (French, 1803–1869)
Illustrated by: Charles Marville (born Charles François Bossu) (French, 1813–about 1879)
Illustrated by: Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815–1891)
Illustrated by: Eugène Isabey (French, 1803–1886)
Illustrated by: Charles Émile Jacque (French, 1813–1894)
Illustrated by: François Louis Français (French, 1814–1897)
Engraved by: John Orrin Smith (English, 1799–1843)
Engraved by: Thomas Williams (English, 1798–after 1862)
Engraved by: Laberge (French, active 1830s)
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737–1814)
Publisher: Léon Curmer (French, 1801–1870)
1838
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 479 wood engravings and 7 steel engravings
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 18.2 x 5.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 3/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.758
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: L. Curmer, 1838

Catalogue Raisonné Vicaire, pp. 388-98; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 226
Description(Paris: L. Curmer, 1838) Quarto; [11 ff.], [ix]-lvi, 458 pp., plus plates; contemporary gilt-stamped half maroon morocco, maroon cloth boards.

Literary illustrations, author portrait, map.
ProvenanceLetitial Marian Cole (pen signature with date "Christmas 1853"); W. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); 1964, bequeathed by Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession date: June 8, 1964)