SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri Bernardin de). La chaumière indi - Lot 386

SAINT-PIERRE (Jacques-Henri Bernardin de). La chaumière indienne. Paris, Méquignon Marvis, 1822. In-18, mahogany morocco, boards decorated with a cold fleuron in the center and framed with gilt fillets and cold garlands, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt edges (Thouvenin). Charming little Indian tale intended to augment the account of a voyage to Ile-de-France (now Mauritius) published in 1773, and which, according to the author, contains "more truths than many stories". Minor foxing. A fine copy, finely bound by Joseph Thouvenin (1790-1834). (Vicaire VII, 80). Provenances: Palais Royal label, copy of Dolibon's bookshop, Galerie de Nemours - Handwritten signature of Henri Coppin.