[FOURCROY (l'abbé de)]

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[FOURCROY (l'abbé de)]
Method for easy learning of Bible history. With the History of the General Councils. Paris, Martin & Georges Jouvenel, 1697. In-12, red morocco, gilt fillet, gilt coat of arms in the center, spine ribbed, caissons drawn with simple gilt fillets, interior roulette, gilt edges (Binding of the period). Fourth edition, revised, corrected and enlarged, decorated with 2 folding maps with colored outlines : map of the Holy Land and map of the voyage of Saint Paul. It is dedicated to Madame de Maintenon. Copy in morocco stamped with the fleurdelisé cross, emblem of the Royal House of Saint-Cyr, founded by Madame de Maintenon (1635-1719) in 1686 for the education of young aristocratic girls without fortune. On one of the endpapers, a handwritten bookplate of a student of this institution: Joséphine Grivel Devilly. Very fresh binding despite a skilful restoration to the headpieces. Slight foxing on a few leaves.
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