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123 - [SAINTE-MARTHE (Claude de)]. ON THE PIETY OF CHRISTIANS TOWA…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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[SAINTE-MARTHE (Claude de)]. ON THE PIETY OF CHRISTIANS TOWARDS THE DEAD. Paris, Charles Savreux, 1666. In-12 brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilded macabre ironwork, gilt title, edges speckled with red (contemporary binding); (10) ff., 435 pp. A small tear and restoration to the upper cap. Ex-libris: an inked stamp reading ‘F. X. Saurel’ in the margin of the title page. SECOND EDITION, published one year after the first edition, of this treatise on piety concerning the Christian death. This work was written by Claude de SAINTE-MARTHE (1620–1690), a close associate of Pascal and successor to Antoine Arnaud at Port-Royal. A copy in GOOD CONDITION, preserved in its contemporary binding with MACABRE METAL FITTINGS.
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