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ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres. Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904.
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ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres. Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904.
2o. Rebound in blue buckram preserving original blue cloth covers and spine panel. Provenance: The Century Association (presentation inscription, bookplate); Carter Burden.
FIRST EDITION, one of 100 copies. INSCRIBED BY ADAMS TO THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION on a tipped-in sheet at front: "The Librarian of the Century Association with the compliments of the author. April, 1906." Really a companion to his Autobiography, Adams here described the medieval world view as reflected in its cathedrals, which he believed expressed "an emotion, the deepest man ever felt--the struggle of his own littleness to grasp the infinite." Adams was drawn to the ideological unity expressed in Roman Catholicism and symbolized by the Virgin Mary; he contrasted this coherence with the uncertainties of the 20th century. Adams was a member of The Century Club, along with his friends John Hay, Clarence King and William James. BAL 31.
2o. Rebound in blue buckram preserving original blue cloth covers and spine panel. Provenance: The Century Association (presentation inscription, bookplate); Carter Burden.
FIRST EDITION, one of 100 copies. INSCRIBED BY ADAMS TO THE CENTURY ASSOCIATION on a tipped-in sheet at front: "The Librarian of the Century Association with the compliments of the author. April, 1906." Really a companion to his Autobiography, Adams here described the medieval world view as reflected in its cathedrals, which he believed expressed "an emotion, the deepest man ever felt--the struggle of his own littleness to grasp the infinite." Adams was drawn to the ideological unity expressed in Roman Catholicism and symbolized by the Virgin Mary; he contrasted this coherence with the uncertainties of the 20th century. Adams was a member of The Century Club, along with his friends John Hay, Clarence King and William James. BAL 31.