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257 - [GAUDIN (Jacques-Maurice, Abbé)]. Philosophical and Historic…
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[GAUDIN (Jacques-Maurice, Abbé)]. Philosophical and Historical Research into the Celibacy of Priests. London, no publisher, 1783. In-8°, XVI, 439, 1 blank, [3] pp. Marbled fawn sheepskin, spine with 5 raised bands and floral decoration, title page in red morocco, blind-stamped fillet on the covers, gilt edges, red edges. (Contemporary binding). Against priestly celibacy and in favour of the abolition of monastic orders. Jacques-Maurice GAUDIN (1735–1810), who had published *The Disadvantages of Priestly Celibacy* in 1781, was a deputy for the Vendée in the Legislative Assembly in 1791, where he presented a report on religious congregations concluding that they should be abolished. Some defects to the binding; some water-stains.
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