1651 Scarce French Vellum Book - Discourse on the Clerical TONSURE. Antoine Godeau. 1stED.
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Author: Antoine Godeau.
Title : Discours de la tonsure cléricale et des dispositions avec lesquelles il la faut recevoir, pour l'instruction des jeunes hommes du diocèse de Grasse & de Vence qui prétendent à la Cléricature.
Language: Text in French.
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Pierre Le Petit, 1651. First Edition.
Size: 5 " X 3 ".
Pages: 165 pages.
Binding: Very good full vellum binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a removable protective mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, some foxing and staining - as shown, name of a previous owner on page 3 - as shown).
The book: Scarce French 17th-century first edition of the Discourse on the clerical tonsure and the arrangements with which it must be received, for the instruction of young men of the diocese of Grasse & Vence who claim to the Clerics
The author: Antoine Godeau (24 September 1605, in Dreux – 21 April 1672, in Vence) was a French bishop, poet and exegete. He is now known for his work of criticism Discours de la poésie chrétienne from 1633.