Title: Les Soliloques, les Méditations, et le Manuel de S. Augustin; Bound With; Le Livre de S. Augustin De l'Esprit et de la Letter, 1745. Arms of Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, Dauphine of France
Author: Saint Augustine (Falsely Attributed); M. Du Bois
Publisher: A Paris, Chez Jean Desaint
Condition: Very Good
A mid 18th century edition of the Soliloquies, Meditations, and Manual of Saint Augustine, being a new translation of three works falsely attributed to Saint Augustine, and more likely composed in the 15th century by Italian Augustinians. Additionally bound is Du Bois’ Book of S. Augustine of the Spirit and the Letters, translated into French.
This volume is bound in an armorial binding with gilt tooling and bearing the arms of Marie-Josephe de Saxe, Dauphine of France, wife to Louis, son of Louis XV. She was the mother of three successive Kings of France, being Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. There is also a bookplate for one Amaury de Ghellinck d'Elseghem Vaernewyck.
Two works finely bound into one volume in 12mo, (22)+398, 163+(11) pages
This volume is in very good shape, with some rubbing and wear to the binding, notably to the corners, and some of the gilt to the front cover arms having faded. There is scattered foxing and some toning throughout.