[SPIRITUALITY]. General Principles for the True Understanding of the Divine Scriptures [followed by] An Explanation of the Psalms which may teach the way of discovering Jesus Christ and all his Church in these divine canticles. In French, manuscript on paper. France, eighteenth century. 82 pp, [1] blank page, 692 pp. A small volume in-4, bound in contemporary brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, spotted edges, binding rubbed, lower headband frayed, religious institution stamp on first leaf. Commentary on biblical exegesis, apparently unpublished.

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