12mo. viii, 184pp. Contemporary tree calf, contrasting morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Patch of loss to lower corner of upper board, small chip to head of spine, two ink spots to lower board. Inked inscription of Galgorm Castle to FFEP.

A translation of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's best-known novel, the love story Paul et Virginie (Paris, 1788) set in Mauritius, made by Helen Maria Williams (1759-1829). It was neither the first nor a complete translation but Williams' English abridgement, first published London, 1795, was immediately successful, and reprinted 10 times within the British Isles before 1801. Whilst the third edition overall, it is also the first Dublin edition of this translation.

ESTC locates just three copies and this edition; BL, Dublin City, and a private collection: that is this copy, recently dispersed.