Abbregé de la vie de dame Jenne de Cambry, premierement religieuse de l'ordre de S. Augustin à Tournay, & depuis soeur Jenne Marie de la presentation recluse lez Lille.

4to: 224-[15-1 bl.] pp. (some marg. spotting, front. portrait missing).

Contemp. vellum (sl. soiled), titled spine with 3 raised bands. Good copy.

First edition of the biography of the Augustinian Jeanne de Cambry (1581-1639), first at the Abbey of Saint Nicolas des Près in Tournai. She founded a new order, the Ladies of the Presentation, based in Lille. Ill. with a full-page illustration. Contains a list of the 7 works she wrote.
Ref. BCNI 11512. - DBS VIII:822:10. - STCV (1).