hardcover
1816 · London
by [ABELARD & HELOISE]
London: Longmans, 1816. hardcover. fine. Illustrated with 2 finely engraved plates "Heloisa" dated 1809, and "Abelard an Eloisa in the Convent of Argentuil" dated 1808. [4], 191 pages. Slim 16mo, beautifully bound by Morrell in full burgundy straight-grained morocco; ornate gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; gilt rules and inner dentelles, all edges gilt. London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Browne by J. Raw, 1816. A fine copy in a lovely binding.
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise chronicles the passionate love affair and subsequent separation of 12th-century French scholars Peter Abelard and Heloise, who become monastic (truncated)
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise chronicles the passionate love affair and subsequent separation of 12th-century French scholars Peter Abelard and Heloise, who become monastic (truncated)