[RELIGION]. Spiritual manuscript. In French, manuscript on paper. France, 18th century. 188] ff. written in a large and neat handwriting. Bound in black morocco with 5 nerves, framed with cold fillet on the boards, chiselled edges, gilt edges, restorations on the first board, defective top cover, small wormhole on the upper bit. Handwritten bookplate on flyleaf: "I am to Guyot, priest, of Baugé". Manuscript, written by a priest for the use of his flock, divided into short chapters giving methods and advice to succeed, daily and according to the different times of the Catholic calendar, a Christian life.

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