CLERMONT (de)
The Thesaurus of the Priesthood. Containing the ineffable wonders of all the Sacraments : & of the state of the Priests. In three parts divided into Documents and Lessons. Toulouse, Raymond Bosc, 1653. In-8, green morocco, double framed with gilt filets, spine decorated, inner lace, gilt edges (Tripon).
First edition, rare.
Work of a gentleman and poet from Toulouse, religious of the Carmelite order of the convent of Nazareth of Toulouse. It ends with a poem entitled Sur la calamité de la ville de Toulouse, divided into three sonnets evoking the plague that struck the city in 1651.
A fine copy in green morocco by Tripon, a Parisian bookbinder active during the Second Empire.
