J.-P. Schmit - Les deux miroirs - 1844

Beautiful illustrated edition of this literary and moral work that belongs to the tradition of 19th-century edifying texts.

The metaphorical title evokes two reflective surfaces, designed to confront the reader with a dual image of themselves: one facing the world, its illusions and vanities, and the other oriented towards the soul, inner truth, and spirituality.

Schmit deploys a writing style that is both didactic and poetic, seeking to instruct while moving, and to guide the reader in a meditation on the human condition, passions, and the quest for wisdom.

This volume illustrates the encounter between allegorical literature, Christian pedagogy, and Romantic aesthetics, where the image of the mirror becomes a tool for self-knowledge and inner transformation.

J.-P. Schmit - The Two Mirrors - 1844 - A. Royer -
458 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its half-leather with corner edition, marbled boards, signs of wear from handling, rounded corners, rubbed headbands and edges, gilded top, spine with nicely decorated nerves, gilded titling.

Good interior condition, numerous foxmarks, work enriched with beautiful illustrations in and out of text, including frontispiece and sometimes enhanced with colors, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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