Villemain

1825 · 37797 — Chez Ladvocat Libraire Paris 1825. 3rd edition. Hardback. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards VG. tp431pp b/w frontis 7 engraved plates Ex Libris William Blair 24th Laird of Blair with his bookplate to the pastedown & smudged signature to the title bound for Blair by Carss & Co Glasgow with their ticket to the pastedown with 'Blair' in gilt to the base of the spine. Lightly foxed throughout & with a marginal water stain to approx half of the text block which just reaches the letterpress on a few pages and affects 4 of the plates leather a little rubbed but still an attractive copy. Third edition of Abel François Villemain's series of lectures on various literary authors including Montaigne Montesquieu Milton Fenelon etc etc. Abel François Villemain 1790 - 1870 French author & politician who had a profound effect on his pupils at the Sorbonne with these essays. William Blair 1782 - 1841 24th Laird & onetime MP for Ayrshire . Blair Castle in Ayrshire had been in the continual possession of the Blair familiy until the Estate was sold in 2011. Chez Ladvocat, Libraire, Paris hardcover