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199 - [QUESNEL, Pierre].
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Estimate €100 - €200
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[QUESNEL, Pierre]. HISTORY OF THE ADMIRABLE DOM INIGO DE GUIPUSCOA, Knight of the Virgin, and founder of the Inighist monarchy; with a brief description of the establishment and government of this formidable monarchy; by Sieur Hercule Rasiel de Selva. New edition, expanded to include the *Anti-Cotton* and a critical history of this famous work. THE HAGUE, published by the widow of CHARLES LE VIER, 1738. Two volumes, in-12 (16 x 10 cm), with a frontispiece, (2) folios, 326 pages, (1) folios – title page, 178 pages, (23) folios, 148 pp., (1) f., full contemporary bindings in marbled calfskin. Smooth, decorated and gilt spines bearing the titles and volume numbers in gilt on patches of old red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. Traces of worm damage on the front and back covers, marks where ex-libris vignettes were once attached visible; interior fresh. History of Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus, under the pseudonym Hercule Rasiel de Selva. The ‘Anticoton’ is generally attributed to César de Plaix. The ‘Historical and Critical Dissertation’ is by Prosper Marchand. *Controversy*, complete with the frontispiece (portrait of Saint Ignatius) engraved on copper by J. Van der Schley. Titles in red and black.
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Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
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