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239 - RELIGION. 6 volumes:
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RELIGION. 6 volumes: - LOTH (Arthur). Saint Vincent de Paul and his social mission... Introduction by Louis Veuillot... Paris, Dumoulin, 1880, large quarto volume (21.5 x 30.4 cm), 2 folios – 525 pages – 1 folio. - 23 separate engravings, including 14 chromolithographs (with captioned plates) and 6 double plates. Numerous woodcut illustrations within the text by Pannemaker. Bound in contemporary bronze half-shagreen with corners, ribbed spine, and embossed panels. - A few rare light foxing marks; 2 half-sheets remain stuck to their engravings. - BAUNARD (Mgr. Louis). A Century of the Church of France. 1800–1900. Paris, Poussielgue, 1901, quarto, VII pp. – 514 pp. – 25 separate portrait plates, 1 facsimile. Havana-coloured half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt head. (Mignard). - Imprint: 1,000 copies. Minor foxing on the plates and their mounts. - [Bible] - The Holy Gospels. Translated by Abbé Glaire… Illustrations based on the Masters of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Paris, Goupil, Boussod, Manzi, Joyant, 1899, 2 volumes in-4 (27.5 x 35 cm; 5 kg), 2ff.-XXXIpp.-148pp. - 2ff.-196pp. - Extensive black-and-white illustrations, as separate plates or vignettes. Bound in a single volume in brown half-shagreen, with corner pieces, ribbed spine, gilt head, and trimmed edges. - Simple binding; volume in good condition. Printed in a run of 200 copies - CARLE (P.J.). History of the Life and Writings of St Thomas Aquinas. Paris, Bailly, 1846, large quarto, XXII pp. – 528 pp. Green Bradel cloth, title label, cover preserved. (Modern binding). - Author’s inscription on the cover. Cover lined, some foxing and water stains on the first few leaves. Rare first edition, printed in a run of only 200 copies, all out of print. - ALAZARD (Abbé L.). In the Holy Land. A Monograph of the Holy Places – Memories of a Pilgrimage. Rodez, Carrère, 1895, large 8vo, 476 pp. Contemporary red half-shagreen, ribbed spine. – A few slight scuffs, faint creases on a few leaves. Full-page and vignette illustrations, in black. - PARACCIANI-CLARELLI (Cardinal). Chronicle concerning the forthcoming council. Revised and approved translation from *La Civiltà Cattolica* (*Cose spettanti al futuro Concilio*) by *La Correspondance de Rome*. Volume 1 – Before the Council. Rome, Imprimerie Romaine, 1869, in-4, 192 pages. Bound in contemporary half-vellum.
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