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Often called the Recueil d'Utrecht, this work notably includes the very first edition of the Mémorial de Blaise Pascal (pp. 259-260), written in 1654 -
Contents:
- Warning. parts table,
I. Interrogations that M. de Laubardemont made undergo in the month of July 1638 to M. le Maître & to M. de Sericourt.
II. Interrogation that M. Lescot subjected to M. l'Abbé de S. Cyran in the Bois de Vincennes, during the month of May 1639. Addition containing two Letters from M. de S. Cyran.
III. Indication of the persons to whom the Letters of Sir Jean du Vergier de Hauranne Abbé de S. Cyran are addressed.
IV. Memory of Miss Marguerite Perier Niece of M. Paschal, about M. Singlin.
V. History of M. de Bascle, written by M. le Maître.
VI. Letter from Mr. Pallu to one of his friends, on the way in which God had touched him & had inspired him with the love of retirement.
VII. Will of M. Manguelen.
VIII. Small Writing which shows what was the spirit of the Master.
IX. Memorandum drawn up by the Master to serve as an explanation of the false rumors spread against Port-Royal des Champs.
X. Remarks of M. de Pontchâteau on what happened at Port-Royal in the year 1656. XI. Memoir on the Life of M. Paschal, containing also some peculiarities of that of his parents.
XII. Withdrawal of the signature of the Clergy Form made by Dom Loron Chartreux of the House of Paris.
XIII. Relation to serve for the History of the Life of M. l'Abbé de Pontchâteau. Addition: Observation & Opinion on the Collection of Miracles of the Holy Thorn, of which it is spoken in the preceding Relation.
XIV. Relation of what happened at Port-Royal in Paris since the transport of the Nuns to Port-Royal des Champs in 1665 & the establishment of Sister Dorothée Perdereau, first intruding Abbess of Port-Royal, by Sister Melthide Thomas of the Ditch. Addition containing a Supplement to the preceding Relation, & an abridged history of the modern Monastery of Port-Royal in Paris up to the year 1739.
XV. Letter from M. Thomas du Fossé to M. Bocquillot, in which he thanks him for the present he has given him of his Homilies, & complains as a friend of what he seems to have said about him in the Warning.
XIV. Letter from M. le Cardinal d'Estrées to M. Becquereau, where one will find the proof of several falsities put forward in the Histoire des V. Propositions, attributed to M. Dumas.
XVII. Extract from two letters from Father Quesnel to Mr. Y*** about Port-Royal.
SN - Collection Of Several Pieces To Serve The History Of Port-Royal - 1740
Half-title, title, [2] ff, including table and errata. Complete collated.
Good condition of the binding, work in its sheepskin of time, damaged crowns, dented corners. ornate ribbed spine, title label in brown morocco, gilt roulette on cuts -
Good condition inside, foxing and dark circles on some leaves, beautiful initials, marbled flyleaves -
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