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Saint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin De
Oeuvres Completes; Augmentees De Divers Morceaux Inedits
Paris: Pinard, 1830 Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The complete 12 volume set in the original boards bound in original half-leather. Issued 1830-1831. Scarce in complete editions. [University of Pennsylvania Library has a complete set]. Author was a friend of Rousseau. His chief work is the "Etudes de la Nature" [1784] which sought to prove the existence of God from nature. It was his "Paul et Virginie" [1788] that influenced the French romanticists. His work was distinctly original and became the classic for early 19th century Romanticism. See the "Biographie Universelle" for additional biographical information. Volume. I pages 17-32 are bound in ahead of 1-31 but entire text is complete. Moderate foxing on some of the pages.
- USD 650.00 > other currencies
- ordernr.: 003201
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