Paul et Virginie

Illustrated by: Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (French, 1770–1837)
Illustrated by: Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
Illustrated by: Jean Baptiste Isabey (French, 1767–1855)
Illustrated by: Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (French, 1758–1823)
Illustrated by: Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune (French, 1741–1814)
Illustrated by: Louis Lafitte (French, 1770–1828)
Engraved by: Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de la Richardière (French, born in 1777)
Engraved by: Edmé Bovinet (French, 1767–1832)
Engraved by: André-Joseph Mécou (French, 1771–1837)
Engraved by: J.-F. Prot (French, active about 1800)
Engraved by: Victor Pillement (French, 1767–1814)
Engraved by: Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran Roger (French, 1767–1841)
Portrait(s) designed by: Louis Lafitte (French, 1770–1828)
Engraved by: Jean François Ribault (French, 1767–1820)
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (French, 1737–1814)
Printer and Publisher: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)

1806

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with seven etching and engravings

Dimensions Overall: 33.4 x 25.5 x 3.7 cm (13 1/8 x 10 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent

Accession Number37.2391

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1806

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 933; Ray, French Illustrated Book, 74.

Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1806) Large quarto; [1 f.] xcii, 194 pp. [3 ff.]; contemporary gilt-stamped red morocco.

Literary illustrations; author portrait.

ProvenanceAcquired in 1907 from Maggs Bros., London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.