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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. The Meditations, Soliloquia, and Manvall of the Glorious Doctour S. Augustine, The Seconde Edition, Printed at Paris, by Mrs Blageart [Marie-Noëlle Houart], Translated from French to English by John Floyd. 1655, 2nd Edition. 430 pp, red morocco, 6 x 3.5 , 32mo. In fair condition. Nicely repaired along edges, corners and most of spine. Leather boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Gilt tooling remains bright and untarnished. Bookplate of Russel of Aden on front pastedown. Table of Contents for the chapters in the "Soliloquia" are lacking bottom edges of leaves (three pages total); approximately 5-6 lines lacking per page. Interior toned with finger-soiling. Old hand ownership signatures on title page. Ex-library of Harvard University. A few old-hand ink doodles throughout. Restored binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, If any, before purchasing. Marie-Noëlle Houart, the widow of Claude Blageart printed this work. She sold her two presses in the spring of 1686 and passed away at the age of 72 shortly thereafter. She was well-known in Parisian circles, and ran her own bookstore. John Floyd (1572-1649) was an English Jesuit, known as a controversialist. He was known both as a preacher and teacher, and was frequently arrested in England. On 18 August 1593 Floyd received minor orders at Reims or Douai, and on the 22nd of the same month he was sent back to the English College at Rome with nine companions, where he taught philosophy and theology, and became known as a preacher. In 1609 he became a professed father of the Jesuit order. He worked for a long time on the English mission. Having visited Edward Olscorne in Worcester gaol in 1606, he was detained, and he was unable either by entreaties or bribes to escape Sir John Popham. After a year s imprisonment he was sent into exile with forty-six other priests, and he went to St. Omer where he composed controversial works. Then he returned to England, where he was often captured, and frequently contrived to pay off the pursuivants. This selection of extracts from Saint Augustine s Meditations and his Manual, the two together are considered a single work. It is a hand-sized devotional work, meant for pious reflection and inspiration. A work first published in French in 1631, this is a second English translation. RAREF1655DSVN - 10/22 RAREF1655VDUH - 12/24 - HKREV300.