ST. FRANCIS de Sales, Introduction a la vie devote.

Introduction a la vie devote.

New revised ed. Lille 1821, L. Lefort. 8 (small), pp. 368, woodcut vignette, period binding, with gilt on spine, gilt page edges.
On the title page the ownership stamp of Wladyslaw and Helena of the Przybysławski-Rogala coat of arms. Handwritten foreign dedication on title page. Dampstain, scuffing and traces of flooding of the binding, pages have traces of flooding, dampstaining and browning, 1 page missing, pp. 77-78, 83-84, 323-324, 363-364 with no. loss of lower edge (without interference with text). A work of St. Francis de Sales, completed in 1608, first published in 1609, addressed mainly to the laity.