Peter Abelard - Letters of Abelard and Heloise -
"Letters of Abelard and Heloise: With a Particular Account of their Lives, Amours, and Misfortunes", by Peter AbelardSherwood, Neely and Jones, london - p, 13cmx10cm - In full tree-calf leather binding, with green spine label lettered in gilt, gilt detailing and banding to spine, gilt edging to boards, Speckled edges, plain endpapers. Illustrated with a Steel-engraved frontispiece. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges, corners slightly bumped. First front free endpaper removed, inscribed on next endpaper “G.M. Parker, from his affectionate friend A.G.J. .”Frontis a little darkened. Dark spot to bottom of pages , a couple of small minor foxing spots else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. - To which are added Poems, by Pope, Madan, Cawthorne, Birch, Seymour &c. &c. The story of Heloise and Abelard remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs Read More