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"EXEMPLAIRE DE SAINTE-BEUVE Jules SIMON - History...

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"EXEMPLAIRE DE SAINTE-BEUVE] Jules SIMON - History of the School of Alexandria Chez Joubert à Paris, 1845 - Extremely rare first edition of this excellent reference study on the Alexandria school, by the Breton-born statesman, minister and writer Jules Simon. Bound in half-cornered vellum with some minor rubbing, title, author, tomaison and date in black lettering on the spines, interior in excellent condition, free of foxing. Enriched with a superb dedication from the author to Sainte-Beuve. In-8, 602pp, 612pp. Provenance: Sainte-Beuve's copy, with the author's nominative dispatch to the writer."