Reflexions Chretiennes et Maximes Morales Tirees de l'Ecriture Ste, des Saints Peres et des Meilleurs Auteurs, Anciens et Modernes,. Par Monsieur l'abbe? de **** Docteur en Theologie [Christian Moral Maxims and Reflections, Edited by Abbot ****]

Thomas a Kempis

Published by Chez Jean-B. Besongne, 1698

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In French. 1698 Chez Jean-B. Besongne (Rouen, France), 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches tall full leather bound, five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, all page edges red, marbled endpapers, engraved head- and tail-pieces, [10], 384 pp., complete. Covers bumped, rubbed and edgeworn, with cracking to front hinge at top and bottom and rear hinge at bottom, with 1/2-inch leather lacking from the lower backstrip. Black ink mark to front pastedown. Irish Jesuit priest's early prior owner name in a neat hand to top of title page (Fr. Henry Hughes, Dublin). A child's handwriting practice and prior owner name to verso of title page, with some offsetting to the adjacent letter from the publisher, J.B. Besongne. Very light marginal foxing to front and rear prelims. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce edition of this collection of Christian aphorisms by an anonymous abbot. OCLC (Nos. 460942384 and 406632971) locates only two copies worldwide - one at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France in Paris and one at the Bibliotheque Municipale de Lyon in Lyon, France. ~C~ The French title translates as 'Christian Moral Maxims and Reflections from Scripture, the Saints, the Holy Fathers and the Best Authors, Ancient and Modern, . By Abbot of **** , Doctor of Theology.' Subjects of the 21 chapters include Sur l'existence d'un dieu et de la Religion, Sur l'Amour de Dieu, Sur la Mort, Sur le Jugement de Dieu, Sur l'Enfer et les Tourmens des damnez, Sur le Bond Heur Eternel, Sur l'Eternite, Sur les Passions, Sur l'Orgueil et la Vanite, Sur l'Amour en general, Sur l'Amour du Prochain, Sur l'Amour Sensuel, Sur les Amis et Sur l'Amitie, Sur la Haine et Sur la Vengeance, Sur les Desirs, Sur l'Envie, Sur la Colere.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reflexions Chretiennes et Maximes Morales Tirees de l'Ecriture Ste, des Saints Peres et des Meilleurs Auteurs, Anciens et Modernes,. Par Monsieur l'abbe? de **** Docteur en Theologie [Christian Moral Maxims and Reflections, Edited by Abbot ****]
• Publisher: Chez Jean-B. Besongne
• Publication Date: 1698
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catholicism