A voyage to the Isle of France, the Isle of Bourbon, and the Cape of Good Hope; with observations and reflections upon nature and mankind . Translated from the French. To which is added some account of the author.

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8vo, pp. xxiv, 334, [2 (advertisements)]; some light foxing and toning, otherwise a very good copy in contemporary marbled calf, gilt border to covers, neatly rebacked with gilt spine laid down, black morocco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers; spine and extremities slightly rubbed; ink inscription of 'H.J.C. Shepard 1842' at head of title, printed label of 'W. Stanton, binder Chester' to front free endpaper.Second English edition (first 1775) of Saint-Pierre's epistolary account of his voyage to Mauritius, Réunion and the Cape of Good Hope, penned between 1768 and 1771 and first published as Voyage à l'Isle de France in 1773.Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) travelled to Mauritius as an engineer in the French army, studying the island's flora. The Voyage brought him to the attention of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the pair subsequently studied plants in and around Paris together. Mauritius provided the setting for Saint-Pierre's most famous work Paul et Virginie (1788), the story of two island children whose love in an unspoiled natural setting is spoiled by the interference of civilisation. The Voyage includes 'a somewhat pleasing account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants' (Mendelssohn).ESTC T116585. N° de ref. del artículo T5058.419

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Título: A voyage to the Isle of France, the Isle of ...
Editorial: London, J. Cundee for Vernor and Hood, J. Cuthell and J. Walker, 1800.
Año de publicación: 1800
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura