ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres . Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904.
ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres . Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904. 2 o . 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.
ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres . Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904.
ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918). Mont Saint Michel and Chartres . Washington, D.C.: [Privately Printed for the Author,] 1904. 2 o . 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.
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