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BOURGOIN DE VILLEFORE, Joseph François] - Les Vies des SS.
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570
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BOURGOIN DE VILLEFORE, Joseph François] - Les Vies des SS.
See original version (French)
Estimate €250
Voluntary lot
Description
BOURGOIN DE VILLEFORE, Joseph François] - Les Vies des SS. Peres des déserts, et des Saintes Solitaires d'Orient et d'Occident Avec des figures qui représentent l'austerité de leur vie, & leurs principales occupations. Amsterdam, Pierre Brunel, 1714. 4 vols. in-12, ca. 300 full-page figs. engraved in intaglio, contemporary marbled fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated.
COHEN 1015. Figures engraved by G. Schouten and others in the 17th century. First edition 1706-1708. Second edition more complete than the previous one. Brunet V, 1209. "A much sought-after work. Bourgoing de Villefore, a Jansenist writer (1652-1737) who was born and died in Paris, led a life of renunciation and solitude, although he was a layman, in keeping with the subject of his book.
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