488628 Illustrations of incidents from the novel \'Paul et Virginie\', Toile de Nantes, c.1800 (printed cotton) by French School, (19th century); Mus矇e des Salorges, Nantes, France; (add.info.: \'Paul et Virginie\' by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814) was an extremely popular pastoral and idyllic romantic novel set in the island of Mauritius (known as Ile de France from 1715-1810 during its period as a French colony); Nantes was one of the centres of French textile manufacture in the 18th and 19th centuries and was known for its production of \'toile indienne\';); French, out of copyright.