Histoire Abregée de St. Vincent de Paul, avec un Grand Nombre d'Anecdotes Importantes
Avignon, France: Antoine-Ignace Fez, 1762. Hardcover. xii, [4], 622, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: [pi]8 A-2C12 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title "Vie de S. Vinc. de Paul" on red morocco label in second compartment. Gilt-decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Error in signing: Qv signed Qvi. Printed paper label on front fixed endpaper for bookseller Louis-Guillaume Labottiere, Bordeaux. In an old hand on title page: "ex libris Congregationis Missionis domus Burdigalensis Catalogo inscriptus." Short inscription on front fixed endpaper. The author, Pierre Collet (1693-1770), wrote this biography following the beatification in 1729 and canonization in 1737 of St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660). It was first published anonymously in 1748; in this somewhat abridged version it became very popular. In Very Good- Condition: leather rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; corners heavily rubbed; lower corners bumped; some loss of gilt on spine; faint dampstain at upper page corners; otherwise clean and tight. Very Good -. Item #002919
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