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[MAILLARD (Jean)]. The Triumph of Poverty and Humiliation, or The Life of Mademoiselle de Bellere du Tronchay, Commonly Known as Sister Louise: With Her Letters. Paris: Gabriel Martin, 1732. In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, royal coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). [I (Title)] f. + 402 + [IV (Privilege)] pp. FIRST EDITION & ONLY ANTIQUA EDITION. Biography of the Angevin mystic Louise-Agnès de Bellere du Tronchay (1639–1694), known as Louise du Néant, written by her last confessor, the Jesuit Jean Maillard. The 52 letters that make up her correspondence shed light on her spiritual struggle and serve as a testament to life at the Salpêtrière in the 17th century, where she was committed in 1677 among the sick, beggars, and the insane. From the library of François-Louis de Barville (1749–1836), with a handwritten bookplate on the title page. Barbier, IV, 833. Copy rebound in a MOROCCAN LEATHER BINDING FEATURING THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS with a replaced title label.
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