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CORNEILLE – *The Imitation of Christ*, set in verse by Monsi…
See original version (French)
52
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CORNEILLE – *The Imitation of Christ*, set in verse by Monsi…
See original version (French)
Estimate
€60 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
CORNEILLE – *The Imitation of Christ*, set in verse by Monsieur Corneille, of the Académie Française. A new, expanded edition including other devotional poems by the same author: namely, the Office of the Blessed Virgin; the Seven Penitential Psalms; Sunday Vespers; the hymns of the Roman Breviary; and the Praises of the Blessed Virgin, translated from the Latin verses of Saint Bonaventure. Nancy, Printed by Abel-Denys Cusson, Printer and Bookseller on the Place, 1745; 4to, 6ff + 608 pp. + 11 ff., contemporary full glazed calfskin binding, spine decorated with 5 raised bands, title label in red morocco, edges painted red. A work presented to Her Most Serene Highness Princess Anne-Charlotte of Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont. The interest of this volume lies in the verses by Corneille, who is less famous than his contemporary Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, and yet This volume is enriched by six full-page engravings of great finesse, the work of Fonbonne, an engraver in Nancy. A fine set in good condition. Nancy edition in need of restoration.
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ID: 89041250
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