1698 Scarce French Vellum Book - Discourse on Renewal of Religious VOWS by Jean Pic. 1stED.
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Author: Jean Pic.
Title : Discours sur le renouvellement des voeux.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher: A Paris : Florentin & Pierre Delaulne, 1698. First Edition.
Size: 6 " X 3.5 ".
Pages: (4)-128-(7) pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed, small tear to the middle of the spine - as shown) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, some light foxing and staining - as shown, from the monastery of Sainte Marie de Chaillot, small hole in the lower margin of last pages not affecting the text - as shown).
The book: Scarce French 17th-century first edition of the Discourse on Renewal of Religious VOWS by Jean Pic.
The author: Jean Pic, (17th century – 18th century), was a French playwright and librettist active between 1682 and 1701. Abbot Pic wrote libretti for Lully, Collasse and Lacoste. In addition to his opera libretti and books on ethics, he wrote a Recueil (nouv.) d’ouvrages de M. de Saint-Évremond, qui n’ont point encore été publiés. He also published le Songe d’Alcibiade, traduit du grec under the name of Prince of Grimberghen, his disciple, Paris, Didot, 1735, in-12.