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DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean - Les Promenades de Richelie…
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249
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DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean - Les Promenades de Richelie…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
DESMARETS DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean - Les Promenades de Richelieu ou les vertus chrestiennes. Dedicated to Madame la Duchesse de Richelieu. Paris, Henry Le Gras, 1653. Pet. in-8, (1) f., 63 pp. with a few russets, contemporary granulated brown calf, double gilt thread on covers, spine ribbed and decorated.
VIOLLET LE DUC 563. TCH II, 830. First edition. Dedicated to Anne Poussard de Fors du Vigean, duchess of Richelieu (1622-1684) wife of Armand-Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, grand-nephew of the Cardinal. Desmarets, who was one of Richelieu's close friends, was commissioned to review his speeches and books on Christian doctrine before they went to print. The subject of the walks are the cardinal virtues, so to speak: faith, charity, humility, obedience, patience and gentleness. Ex-libris Robert Hoe.
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