PORT ROYAL and Its Saints being the "Select Memories of Port Royal"
London: W.& F.G. Cash, 1856.
Hardcover. Very good plus. Item #51524
Octavo. 276pp. Fifth edition, "somewhat abridged."
Stories of the Port Royal monastery. Original blue embossed cloth. Small ownership signature on front endpaper. Mild toning to paper.
"...celebrated Benedictine abbey which profoundly influenced the religious and literary life of France during the seventeenth century. It was founded in 1204 by Mathilde de Garlande, wife of Mathieu de Montmorency, in the valley of Chevreuse..."
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