Lettres d'Abailard et d'Heloïse /
Peter Abélard (1079 - 1142)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3188440
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., plates ; 8vo. Both volumes bound together. Provenance: nineteenth century printed book label reading "Melle. A. Petit", i.e. Amélina Petit de Billier, 1798-1876, governess/companion and close friend of the Talbot family, on front pastedown. Binding: nineteenth century gilt tooled dark blue morocco; gilt tooling and gilt tooled title "Lettres d'Abailard et d'Heloïse" on spine; marbled end-papers; text block edges sprinkled brown.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Peter Abélard (1079 - 1142), author Édouard Oddoul, editor Elizabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot (1773-1827) François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) Héloïse (1101-1164) Édouard Oddoul