Librairie Le Feu Follet - Paris - +33 (0)1 56 08 08 85 - Contact us - 31 Rue Henri Barbusse, 75005 Paris

Antique books - Bibliophily - Art works


Sell - Valuation - Buy
Les Partenaires du feu follet Ilab : International League of Antiquarian Booksellers SLAM : Syndicat national de la Librairie Ancienne et Moderne
Advanced search
Registration

Sale conditions


Payment methods :

Secure payment (SSL)
Checks
Bank transfer
Administrative order
(FRANCE)
(Museums and libraries)


Delivery options and times

Sale conditions

ODDOUL Lettres D'Abailard et D'Heloise

ODDOUL

Lettres D'Abailard et D'Heloise

E. Houdaille, Paris 1839, In-8 (17x26cm), cxcvii, 115pp. et 272pp., 2 volumes reliés.


First illustrated edition of 2 color frontispieces and 38 boards on applied China including a facsimile in chromolithography. Typographic ornaments.
Publisher's binding in full black morocco signed Boutigny tail. Smooth back decorated with a rich Rocaille decoration. Plates struck with a large cold plate with Rocailles motifs, birds and 2 cherubs mounted on griffins, wide fat fillet of golden frame. Golden tracnhes. Friction at the bottom of the upper plate of Volume 2, as well as on some parts of the bits sometimes chipped. A slightly dated leaflet in Volume 1, 2 in Volume 2.
Beautiful copy in its rich publisher binding of Boutigny.
Study and translation by Oddoul of the Letters of Abailard and Heloise, on the manuscripts of the royal library. Historical essay by Guizot. Several contributions from writers like Michelet (from his Histoire de France on the subject); Edgar Quinet, Chateaubriand ...

900 €

Réf : 68351

Order

Book


On-line help