Letters ecrits a sur Provincial

by Matthew Arnold, – Blaise Pascal

$4,000 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Paris: Librarie de Firmin Didot, 1872. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Text in French. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary brown half morocco, top edges gilt; in a greyish-tan cloth slipcase. Light wear at extremities, but in very good condition. Item #409286 Matthew Arnold's copy, with 51 penciled annotations – totaling 590 words – by him on 31 pages, plus

• Binding: Leather

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