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SECOND EDITION, revised and corrected, 1684. French text, 8vo, approximately 185 x 115 mm, 7 x 4¾ inches, publisher's woodcut device on title page, a few woodcut head- and tailpieces and some decorated initials, pages: [23], 1-525, [1] - Extrait du Privilege du Roi plus 2 adverts. Bound in contemporary full red morocco, gilt title and gilt decoration to spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Head and tail of spine, hinges and corners very slightly rubbed, occasional brown spot to pages, otherwise contents very nice and bright, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. Attributed to Pierre Nicole (1625-1695) one of the most distinguished of the French Jansenists. See: Library Hub Discover, listing 1 copy of this edition. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

525 + [1] pp., with engraving on title pagee, 1st edition (1679), 19cm., text in French, two library stamps on title page, old handwritten note on blanco endpaper, full leather binding (front joint broken, few loss of leather at ends of spine and corners, gilt title and decorations at spine), text is clean and bright (some pages slightly browned), R113696