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228 - BUTLER (Alban) GODESCARD (Abbé).
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Estimate €80 - €120
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BUTLER (Alban) GODESCARD (Abbé). Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints. A work freely translated from the English by Alban Butler, by the Reverend Godescard, canon of St Honoré. New edition... Lyon, Rivoire, 1818–1819, 14 volumes in-8. Contemporary black half-shagreen, with faux raised bands. - Percaline on the covers slightly damaged by damp; the final pages of the last volume are soiled. Expanded edition. Index of saints’ names at the beginning of each volume; chronological and alphabetical tables at the end of the 12th volume. Volumes 13 & 14 contain the ‘Historical and Dogmatic Treatise on the Principal and Movable Feasts, and the Times of Penance of the Church’ by A. F*** [Antoine Faivre]. Volume 1 contains a plate depicting instruments of torture, with an accompanying explanatory leaflet.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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