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L'imitation de Jésus-Christ, Léon GRUEL, 1904. Fine copy in blue morocco gilded with a cross. Monogrammed J.C.G.

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L'imitation de Jésus-Christ, Léon GRUEL, 1904. Fine copy in blue morocco gilded with a cross. Monogrammed J.C.G.

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