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RÉCRÉATIONS (LES) DES CAPUCINS - ou Description historique d…
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734
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RÉCRÉATIONS (LES) DES CAPUCINS - ou Description historique d…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150
Voluntary lot
Description
RÉCRÉATIONS (LES) DES CAPUCINS - ou Description historique de la vie que mènent les Capucins pendant leurs récréations. The Hague, at the expense of the Society (Lausanne, Marc-Michel Bousquet), 1738. In-12, 270 pp, (1) f., fawn calf, triple gilt thread on covers, spine ribbed and ornamented, inner tooth, upper hinges remaindered (A. CLOSS).
GAY III, 943. JONES 68. The author affirms that he ''took part himself for fifteen years and more in the recreations of which he speaks; it is to be well informed of what takes place there.' He took the liberty of inserting small facts or stories which he had from unsuspecting witnesses.
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