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37 - [BESOIGNE, Abbé]. History of the Abbey of Port-Royal.
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[BESOIGNE, Abbé]. History of the Abbey of Port-Royal. Cologne, Published by the Company, 1752. In-12 (17 x 9.5 cm), marbled calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with panels. Red edges. 6 uncollated volumes, 2 filled plates (family trees). Bindings scuffed, a few pinholes on the insides. First edition of this history of Port-Royal and the persecutions suffered by the “gentlemen” and the “nuns” at the time of their expulsion, published by the Jansenist priest Jérôme Besoigne (1686–1763). “In 1708, Louis XIV obtained from Rome the revocation of the title of Abbey of Port-Royal des Champs and the transfer of its property to the Abbey of Port-Royal in Paris. On October 29, 1709, the king sent Police Lieutenant Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, Marquis d’Argenson (1652–1721), to seize the title deeds and disperse the last twenty-two nuns of Port-Royal des Champs.” A fine copy in a period binding.
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