Saint Joan Of Arc -
Vita Sackville-West
1936 - Cobden-Sanderson, London - First Edition
A finely bound, first edition of Vita Sackville-West’s richly reported biography of one of the most unusual and extraordinary women in history.
Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint. “[And it was shown to her] how serious and dangerous it is to curiously examine the things which are beyond one’s understanding, and to believe in new things…and even to invent new and unusual things, for demons have a way of introducing themselves into such-like curiosities,” read an admonition addressed to her.
Large octavo (binding size 22.6x15.2cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 436 [2 - folding map] [2]. Elegantly bound in three-quarter burgundy calf over matching cloth boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Condition: A little light spotting to preliminaries and edges, else fine in fine binding. Ref: 112172 Price: HK$ 3,500
Joan of Arc was a 15th Century teenage peasant girl who heard voices. In the space of just five years she took command of France’s armies, led them to victory, was captured and tried by the Church as a heretic and witch, and burned at the stake. Five hundred years later she was canonized as a saint. “[And it was shown to her] how serious and dangerous it is to curiously examine the things which are beyond one’s understanding, and to believe in new things…and even to invent new and unusual things, for demons have a way of introducing themselves into such-like curiosities,” read an admonition addressed to her.
Large octavo (binding size 22.6x15.2cm), pp. [2] xiii [1] 436 [2 - folding map] [2]. Elegantly bound in three-quarter burgundy calf over matching cloth boards, spine with raised bands and gilt lettering. Condition: A little light spotting to preliminaries and edges, else fine in fine binding. Ref: 112172 Price: HK$ 3,500