1 / 5
an old book with a picture of a man and a woman sitting in front of a buildingan open book with a picture of a woman and a man on itan open book with a drawing of a man on a boatan open book with a picture of a man and a woman on itan old book sitting on top of a white table next to a white wall
Maître Paul PASTAUD

1843 - BOUVIER (Mgr). The Mysteries of the Confessional. Prologue. …
See original version (French)

Estimate €40 - €60
Sale commission
Description
BOUVIER (Mgr). The Mysteries of the Confessional. Prologue. – A Handbook for Confessors. – Epilogue by the parish priest X***. Rome, Paris, London, Geneva, Amsterdam, Brussels, Madrid, Vienna, Berlin, Saint Petersburg, no publisher, no date. Quarto, 319–[1] pp. Green half-basane, smooth thread-bound spine, gilt title (contemporary binding). Some wear to the binding, minor nicks in the margins. A most curious work, with the prologue, commentaries and epilogue by the anti-clerical and libertarian publisher Maurice LACHÂTRE (1814–1900), and the translation of the Latin texts by Paulin FRANQUES and A.R. Engraved illustrations within the text. Bishop of Le Mans in the mid-19th century, Mgr Bouvier castigates, amongst other things, fornication, prostitution, incest, ‘clerics who incite shameful acts’, ‘various forms of unnatural lust’ – pollution, sodomy and bestiality –, ‘morose indulgence’, kissing, women’s finery, indecent speech and lewd glances, balls and spectacles. This translation is accompanied by a scathing anti-clerical and atheist pamphlet setting out the tenets of libertarian communism, which emerged in the 1880s. The text was placed on the Index on 19 January 1877. RARE. (Gay III, 313 for the 1880 edition by Meulenaere.)
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 4 of 4 – Nos. 1643 to 1970
Auction location
Auction time 08/22/2026 at 11:00 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like