J. Tissot — Mãƒâ©Ditations Morales

Paris, Auguste Durand, Libraire, 1860. First edition. Leather. A very scarce, quarter-morocco, philosophical and moral work from Claude-Joseph Tissot in his original French. First edition. Very scarce.   Smartly bound in contemporary quarter morocco with green cloth boards.   In the original French.   An insightful book of morals by Claude-Joseph Tissot, a French philosopher and the dean of the Faculty of Letters in Dijon, also remembered for his highly regarded translations of Kant. Smartly bound in contemporary quarter morocco with green cloth boards. Ex-libris copy with the bookplate of City of Cardiff Reference Library to the front paste down. Externally, smart with slight bumping and rubbing, leading to more moderate loss of leather to the spine head and tail, alongside cracking to the front joint, boards remaining firm. Light creasing to the front board and further marking to front and rear. Internally, firmly bound. Archival markings to the front free endpaper and following six pages, the first page having been clipped. The rear endpapers are unopened. Notable spotting throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .