De la manuficence et liberalité de Dieu [trsl. from the Latin Jacques Morice O.Carth].

Paris, Cl. Chappelet, 1587

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8vo: [84]-480-[16] pp. (dampstained, fore-edge stained, some thumbing).

Mod. gilt quarter calf, spine on 4 raised bands, decorative endpapers (sl. rubbed). Good copy.

Rare French trsl. of one of the many devotional treatises of the Carthusian author Dionysius van Ryckel or van Leeuwen (1402-1471). Full-page engr. portrait of Dionysius (ê8v). Woodcut mark on title. Ref. Pettegree FB 15477. - BnF. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL). Prov. Old ownership entries on title (deleted) and flylvs. - Libr. stamp (erased).