Research Catalog

Title

La tribu indienne, ou, Édouard et Stellina / par le citoyen L.B.

Author

Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino, 1775-1840.

Publication

A Paris : De l'imprimerie de Honnert, rue du Colombier, no. 1160, an VII [1799]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Helme, Elizabeth, -1814?
• Honnert, François

Description

2 v. ([4], 184, [2]; [4], 223, [1] p.); 18 cm (12mo)

Alternative Title

Édouard et Stellina

Subjects

• British > East Indies > Fiction
• Indigenous women > Sri Lanka > Fiction
• Culture conflict > Sri Lanka > Fiction
• Slave trade > Sri Lanka > Fiction
• Exoticism in literature
• Indigenous peoples > Sri Lanka > Fiction

Genre/Form

Exoticism in literature.

Note

• "Le citoyen L.B." is Lucien Bonaparte, prince de Canino. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, IV, col. 826; Martin.
• "An VII" in the French Revolutionary calendar = September 22, 1798-September 21, 1799. La tribu indienne was reviewed in Mercure de France, 10 prairial, an 7 = May 29, 1799, pages 18-32.
• An 1822 edition (Paris : Chaumerot ainé) has title Les Ténadares, ou, l'Européen et l'Indienne, and is falsely attributed to "Mistriss Helm, auteur de La caverne de Sainte Marguerite," i.e. Elizabeth Helme. Cf. Martin.
• For discussion of publication history, cf. introd. by Cecilia A. Feilla to the ed. published by the Modern Humanities Research Association, London, 2006. "L'auteur ne l'avait fait tirer qu'en petit nombre ... Devenu ministre de l'Intérieur sous le Consulat, Lucien veut effacer cette œuvre de sa jeunesse: il rachète et détruit tous les exemplaires disponibles. Seuls trois exemplaires de cette première édition nous sont parvenus"--Feilla, p. 2. There are now known to be at least 7 extant copies. Feilla's ed. is based on the Spencer Coll. copy.
• Signatures: v. 1: pi² A-P⁶ Q⁴(-Q4); v. 2: pi² A-S⁶ T⁴.
• Spencer Coll. copy is extra-illustrated with 5 engravings by Barthélémy Roger (4) and Jean Godefroy (1) after Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, which are cataloged separately. The ill. are not known to have been published with the book and were perhaps created for an unrealized deluxe edition; cf. Clément, C. Prud'hon (Paris, 1872), p. 247. Of the 7 known extant copies, only Spencer Coll. copy and Bibliothèque nationale de France's 2nd copy (RES P-Y2-3234) contain them; they are also known to have been present in the Franchetti/Hoe/Descamps-Scrive/Schiff/Meus copy, present whereabouts unknown.
• Errata: v. 1, p. [185]; v. 2, p. [224].

Indexed In (note)

• BnF (WWW)
• Martin, A. Bibliogr. du genre romanesque français, 1751-1800
• Cohen-De Ricci
• Shipman, C. Cat. of books in foreign languages published after ...1600, forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe
• Hoe. R. Auction cat.

Provenance (note)

• Lebarbier de Tinan; Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont (cf. Cohen-De Ricci; Cat. de la bibliothèque de L. de Montgermont (Librairie Damascène Morgand, É. Rahir successeur, sale May 19, 1911), lot 22); W.A. Spencer (bookplate).

Binding (note)

• Red straight-grained morocco, gilt, by Mercier, sr. de Cuzin (signed on spine and on lower edge of front of slipcase). Sides tooled with a frame in the manner of Bozérian. Doublures and end leaves of pale blue watered silk with gilt border; gilt Greek key border on turn-ins. Bound in 1 v.; in red morocco and marbled paper chemise and slipcase.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1799

OCLC

79318756

Author

Bonaparte, Lucien, prince de Canino, 1775-1840.

Title

La tribu indienne, ou, Édouard et Stellina / par le citoyen L.B.

Imprint

A Paris : De l'imprimerie de Honnert, rue du Colombier, no. 1160, an VII [1799]

Indexed In:

BnF (WWW) FRBNF37055216

Martin, A. Bibliogr. du genre romanesque français, 1751-1800, 99-49

Cohen-De Ricci, col. 173-174

Shipman, C. Cat. of books in foreign languages published after ...1600, forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe, I, p. 158

Hoe. R. Auction cat., I, p. 81

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Printed on wove paper, and reputed to be the only copy recorded in that state; cf. Cohen-De Ricci; Cat. de la bibliothèque de L. de Montgermont (Librairie Damascène Morgand, É. Rahir successeur, sale May 19, 1911), lot 22.

Binding

Red straight-grained morocco, gilt, by Mercier, sr. de Cuzin (signed on spine and on lower edge of front of slipcase). Sides tooled with a frame in the manner of Bozérian. Doublures and end leaves of pale blue watered silk with gilt border; gilt Greek key border on turn-ins. Bound in 1 v.; in red morocco and marbled paper chemise and slipcase. NN

Provenance

Lebarbier de Tinan; Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont (cf. Cohen-De Ricci; Cat. de la bibliothèque de L. de Montgermont (Librairie Damascène Morgand, É. Rahir successeur, sale May 19, 1911), lot 22); W.A. Spencer (bookplate). NN

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy: Accompanied by an original preparatory drawing by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, acquired in 2002, for the Godefroy engraving; it is cataloged and shelved separately.

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Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Helme, Elizabeth, -1814? attributed name.

Honnert, François, printer.

Mercier, Emile, 1855-1910, binder.

Lebarbier de Tinan. former owner.

Montgermont, Louis Lebeuf de, 1841-1918, former owner.

Spencer, William Augustus, 1855-1912, former owner.

Related To

Illustrations: Roger, Barthélemy Joseph Fulcran, 1767-1841. Engravings for La tribu indienne, ou, Édouard et Stellina, by Lucien Bonaparte. [1799?] (OCoLC)759126837

Illustration: Prud'hon, Pierre-Paul, 1758-1823. Sacrifice. [1799?] (OCoLC)759126846

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1799