Michaud, (Abbé) - Vie de Saint Philibert , fondateur des monastères de Jumièges et de Noirmoutier. Paimboeuf, Gailmard 1846. In-12° contemporary half calf, frontispiece, xvi, 196 pp. Intelligence prize label, dated 1848, signed in ink by Abbé Michaud. A fundamental source for the political and religious history of the late Merovingian period. Very good condition. Also by the same author: Neuvaine en l'honneur de Saint Filbert, patron saint of Noirmoutier. Nantes, Mellinet 1867. In-16° paperback, 46 pp, 2 ff (Litanies). Good condition.

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