"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln

Paris: Louis Janet, 1822. Sextodecimo. Bound in beige paper boards, all edges gilt. Binding shows wear, particularly to corners and spine ends. Text shows some spotting, including to illustrations. A calendar is printed at the rear. The title of one notable and worryingly un-ironic plate is, roughly translated, "The charity of Marie Antoinette" Item #43112
Price: £60.00