CAMUS-THE SPIRIT OF SAINT FRANCIS SALAZIUS. BISHOP OF Y X PRINCE OF GENEVA, FUNDER OF THE ORDER OF THE EVENING OF THE N.M.P. Published 1770.

CAMUS , Jean-Pierre (1584-1652)

THE SPIRIT OF SAINT FRANCIS SALAZIUS

The Spirit of Saint Francis Salazius,Bishop, Duke of Geneva, Founder of the Order of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the interior disposition ofhis soul , as portrayedin his frequent confidential conversations with John Peter Camus, Bishop of Bellesse, which conversations, from the writings of the same Bishop of Bellesse, collected by a Doctor of the Sorbonne, were brought to light in the French language, and now, for the salutary benefit of people of every condition, translated into the Polish language by the daughters of the same holy father of the monastery of Cracow, and given for publication

Krakow, 1770; Printing House of Kazimierz Jakowski, J.K.M. Typographer, pp . 10,16, 529, 1k. plates illustrated; format 15.5x19.5 cm

On the sheet of plates a copperplate unsigned portrait of Saint Francis de Sales.

Estr. XV-XVIII, 16, 283.

Very rare!

HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND SIGNBOARD,

BDB-/ condition, period notes on the pastedown, very minor insect marks on the binding and extreme k., A NICE piece