Sophie Cat 56 - Sophie Dupre

Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupré, XV The Green, Calne, Wilts, SN1 8DQ, Tel: (01249) 821121 94
960. MAURITIUS. AFine Oil Painting on Copper of
“Paul et Virginie”, she with her head on his
shoulder, with a dog seated at their feet, with banana
and other palms, a small spring gushing out of some
rocks, 10 x 8 ins. in remarkably fine condition with
original frame, glazed, c.1820 [11100] £2,450
Bernadin de Saint-Pierre’s famous work “Paul et
Virginie”, first published in Paris in 1787, and first
published in English in 1823, was so popular that it gave
rise to a lot of popular art depicting the hero and heroine.
In England Staffordshire figures depicting him giving her
a birds nest, and paintings, in France series of
engravings, and small tea plates, depict this romantic &
tragic Mauritian couple.
The simple, but sad tale tells of two mothers resorting to
the Isle de France ( Mauritius) to bring up their
illegitimate children. The children are brought up
together in a wonderful paradise, and later fall deeply in
love. A rich aunt in Paris summons Virginie to see her,
and Paul pines for her return, and after two years he
hears of the imminent arrival of her ship the “St. Gerain”.
On its arrival near the north east coast of the island is
wrecked. A naked black sailor begs Virginie to strip off
her clothes and allow herself to be saved. However her
modesty and newly acquired Parisian mores, make her
determined to perish with honour. Paul is distraught on
finding her body on the beach and later dies of grief.
Such was the effect on the European public that they
travelled to this Paradise Island to view the graves of the
legendary couple. It was not until the 19th century that
the administration of the island realised the importance of
erecting graves as a focus for the tourists. St.Pierre is
often credited with being the first to excite tourists to visit
the island.
961. MAURITIUS. Glass Carafe Finely Engraved with
the Arms of Sir David Barclay coupled with those of
his wife Lise Josephine de Rune, using the arms of
Rune of Baizieux, Picardy, flanked with two Lions
Rampant, and the motto “Crux Christie Nostra
Corona”, triple lipped, 7 ins high, c.1860
[11367]£750
Sir David William Barclay, 10th Baronet, (1804-1888),
married the Mauritian Lise Joseph de Rune in 1829. He
was A.D.C. to Sir Charles Colville, Governor of
Mauritius, and later became a member of the Legislative
Council from 1846-1864. His father, and sons were
collectors of revenue in Mauritius.
962. MAURITIUS. Copy of the Report of the
Commissioners appointed by His Majesty’s Warrant
on the 21st June 1830, to inquire into the Receipt
and Expenditure of the Revenue in the Conies and
Foreign Possessions; (So far as related to the
Mauritius, folding map, coloured in outline, 57 pp.
original printed blue wrapper, 26 February, 1831
[11414] £155
It includes the dependencies particularly Seychelles.
963. MCBRIDE (Barrie St. Clair) Amazon Journey
Seven Thousand Miles through Peru and Brazil,
map, plates, Presentation Copy signed on the title,
1965 [11449] £25
964. MCKENZIE (Frederick A.) From Tokyo to Tiflis
Uncensored Letters from the War, folding maps,
plates, original pictorial cloth, 1905 [CF3702]£125
The author was the “Special Correspondent” of the Daily
Mail during the Russo-Japanese War.
965. MEULEN (D. van der) Aden to the Hadhramaut, A
Journey in Southern Arabia, with a Foreword by Sir
Bernard Reilly, map, plates, spine a little soiled,
1947 [CF4313] £40
966. MIDDLETON (Dorothy) Baker of the Nile, 2
folding maps, spine faded, Signed by the Author on
Title, 1949 [10780] £35
967. MIDDLETON (Dorothy) Victorian Lady
Travellers, map, plates, dw, 1965 [10972] £35
Isabella Bird Bishop, Marianne North, Fanny Bullock
Workman, May French Sheldon, Annie Taylor, Kate
Marsden, & the great Mary Kingsley.
968. MIDDLETON, Moor & Smith. Voyages to
Hudson Bay in Search of the North West Passage,
1741-1747 Volume I The Voyage of Christopher
Middleton 1741-1742, Volume II The Voyage of
William Moor and Francis Smith, 1746-1747, edited
by William Barr and Glyndwr Williams, 13 maps,
19 plates, 2 vols, dw’s, Hakluyt Society Second
Series 177 & 181, 1994-1995 [11433] £60
969. MIGOT (André) Tibetan Marches translated from
the French by Peter Fleming, 2 maps, plates, dw,
1955 [11447] £35
970. MILLER (William) Travels And Politics In The
Near East, large folding map of the Balkan
Peninsula inend pocket, plates and numerous illusts,
thkroy. 8vo, spine faded, 1898 [CF7360] £65
971. MILTON (Viscount) & W.B.Cheadle. The Northwest
Passage by Land. Being the Narrative of an
Expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
undertaken with the view of Exploring a Route
across the continent to British Colombia through
British Territory, by one of the Northern Passes in
the Rocky Mountains, third edition, 2 folding maps,
one in an endpocket, plates, original pictorial cloth
gilt, recased, 1865 [CF4954] £75
972. MOLTEND. SOLOMAN (V.ed.) Selection From
The Correspondence Of Percy Alport Molteno 1892-
1914, plates, Van Riebeck Society, Second Series
No.12, Cape Town, 1981 [CF6998] £20
973. MOFFAT (John S.) The Lives of Robert & Mary
Moffat by their son... sixth edition with Preface and
Supplementary Chapter, 2 folding maps, 2
Woodburytype portraits, plates, aeg, decorative gilt
cloth preserved in slipcase, 1887 [11047] £75
The father & mother-in-law of David Livingstone, with a
mission in Bechuanaland.