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Regle de S. Augustin et Constitutions des Religieuses de Ste. Ursule de l'Institut de Bordeaux
by AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO; URSULINES OF BORDEAUX
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly fine. Light edgewear, especially to crown & foot of spine. Some very light & superficial cracking along spine leather.
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Lille: Nicolas de Rache, 1660. First Thus. Hardcover. Nearly fine. Light edgewear, especially to crown & foot of spine. Some very light & superficial cracking along spine leather.. Small 12mo. 2.375 x 4.5 in. [ii], 121, [3], 20, [2], 197, [2], [13 blanks] pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf, with 4 raised bands & 5 delicately gilt-decorated compartments to spine, titled in gilt & double-ruled on black spine label, beautifully tooled in gilt along cover edges, with beautiful brass clasps; charming double comb marbled endpapers. Printed with drop capitals & text ornaments; text in French. The Rule of St. Augustine, the oldest monastic rule in the Western Church, adopted by the Ursulines, the first teaching order of women established in 1535 by St. Angela de Merici. This edition of the Rule of St. Augustine includes Constitutions for the Ursuline Congregation of Bordeaux, one of the largest & most influential, founded in 1606 at the request of Archbishop de Sourdis of Bordeaux & approved by Pope Paul V in 1618. Rare. OCLC records three library holdings worldwide. A remarkable piece preserved in period binding.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 247
- Title
- Regle de S. Augustin et Constitutions des Religieuses de Ste. Ursule de l'Institut de Bordeaux
- Author
- AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO; URSULINES OF BORDEAUX
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly fine. Light edgewear, especially to crown & foot of spine. Some very light & superficial cracking along spine leather.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Nicolas de Rache
- Place of Publication
- Lille
- Date Published
- 1660
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
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- Calf
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- Fine
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
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