Select Memoirs of Port Royal (Volume 2); To Which Are Appended Tour to Alet, Visit to Port Royal, Gift of an Abbess, Biographical Notices, &C. &C., Taken from Original Documents
Select Memoirs of Port Royal (Volume 2); To Which Are Appended Tour to Alet, Visit to Port Royal, Gift of an Abbess, Biographical Notices, &C. &C., Taken from Original Documents
Add this copy of Select Memoirs of Port Royal, to Which Are Appended to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Common Crow Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1835 by Hamilton, Adams, and Co.
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Good. Fourth Edition. Hardbound heavy cloth octavos; v.1, 486; v.2, 456 pp. Fair copy (volume 1) and Good copy (volume 2) show soil and wear; bending, bumping, and rubbing to corners and spine head and foot; volume one is missing about 3/4" from top of cloth and is tearing along the edges; volumes two has spine very loosely connected to board in back; hinges weak; binding a little loose; clean, unmarked text. Small owner signature on front endpapers of both volumes; second owner signature on title page, dated 1845.2 Volume Set.
Add this copy of Select Memoirs of Port Royal to Which Are Appended Tour to cart. $389.18, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1829 by J and A Arch.
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None. Very Good. An attractive set of M A Schimmelpenninck's Select Memoirs of Port Royal. A British writer in the anti-slavery movement, Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck produced many publications of a religious nature. Whilst struggling with her own beliefs, Schimmelpenninck was sent writings of the Port Royalists by her friend Hannah More, another religious writer and philanthropist. She published her findings, which became popular enough for several editions, and visited Port Royal whilst touring the continent. A brief biography of Schimmelpenninck is written in contemporary ink in the front of volume I. Port Royal was an abbey established in 1204 that became famous when its discipline was reformed by its abbess, Mother Marie Angelique Arnault in 1609. Several schools were founded on the site and became known for the high quality of education provided. By 1662 the school turned towards the Jansenist movement, which attracted many prominent cultural figures, including the mathematician and theologian Blaise Pascal. Following an attack by the Jesuits against Jansenist controversies Port Royal was tainted with heresy. Wanting peace in the church, Louis XIV forcibly closed the schools in 1660 and the Pope closed the abbey in 1708. Complete in three volumes. Rebacked with original boards and spines laid down. Externally, smart with light rubbing and handling marks. Slight bumping to extremities. Wear to extremities of spines. Faded tape marks to boards of vol I. Hinges starting but sound to all. Personal bookplate to front pastedown of vol III. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Contemporary ink annotation to front blank of vol I. Very Good.
