Paul et Virginie, a pastoral novel by Jacque-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, was published in 1788. It treats the tragic love between two children on the Island of Mauritius. Jean-Frédéric Schall (1752 - 1825) created a set of six designs to illustrate this book for the 1797 edition. These aquatints were masterfully engraved in color by Charles Melchior Descourtis (1753 - 1820).

Genre, Landscapes, Mauritius, Paul and Viginie, tragic love, slavery, slave

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Paul et Virginie, a pastoral novel by Jacque-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, was published in 1788. It treats the tragic love between two children on the Island of Mauritius.

Paul and Virginie Beg the Owner of the Fugitive Slave for Mercy

Jean-Frédéric Schall (1752 - 1825) created a set of six designs to illustrate this book for the 1797 edition. These aquatints were masterfully engraved in color by Charles Melchior Descourtis (1753 - 1820).

Unfortunately we can offer only plate 1 and plate 6 of this series. For anyone missing just these or one of them it would be a fabulous opportunity to complete an otherwise incomplete set.

Our prints have some spotting in the text part and in the margins. The images, however, are superbly bright and untarnished. Nr. MADA 4801 has a light crease in left margin reaching 1.5 cm into image. The overall condition is much better than good.

Ca. 32 x 41.5 cm (12.5 x 16.3 ")
Paul et Virginie

Paul et Virginie arrivant chez le maître de l'esclave figitive pour implorer la grâce de la coupable. Le maître fait claquer son fouet en l'air et jure qu'il pardonne, tandis que la négresse se jette à ses pieds.