Harmonies of nature, by J. B. H. de Saint-Pierre; being a sequel to his studies of nature. With a portrait and a prefatory account of the author, and the work. By Louis Amé-Martin . Translated by W. Meeston

Saint-Pierre, J[acques] B[ernadin] H[enri]

Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster Row, [C. Baldwin, printer, New Bridge-street, London], London, 1815

About this Item

First edition in English, 3 volumes, engraved portrait frontispiece, original chocolate-brown paper-covered boards, paper labels on spines; a few chips and cracks but largely a very good, sound set. In ink, on verso of each front free endpaper: El: Rose / Kilravock Castle 27th June / 1816. Though she died in 1815, the signer is probably Elizabeth Rose, of the clan Rose, erstwhile owners of Kilvarock Castle. Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) was the author of the often-reprinted story Paul et Virginie (1789). In Harmonies, Saint-Pierre attempts to prove the existence of God based on the wonders of nature. "After Rousseau, and even more than Rousseau, Bernardin was in French literature the apostle of the return to nature, though both in him and in his immediate follower Chateaubriand there is still much mannerism and unreality" (EB-11).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harmonies of nature, by J. B. H. de Saint-Pierre; being a sequel to his studies of nature. With a portrait and a prefatory account of the author, and the work. By Louis Amé-Martin . Translated by W. Meeston
• Publisher: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 47, Paternoster Row, [C. Baldwin, printer, New Bridge-street, London], London
• Publication Date: 1815
• Edition: 1st Edition
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  • Theology
  • English Literature