✝️ 1707 St Charles Borromeo Catholic Confessor Manual French Leather
$ 39.6
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✝️ 1707 St Charles Borromeo Catholic Confessor Manual French Leather. 1707 French Catholic manual: Instructions de S. Charles Borromée, printed at Lyon by Benoist Vignieu. Details: Lyon, Benoist Vignieu, 1707. French, with Latin sections. Period brown leather binding, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, red-stained page edges. 1707 French Catholic manual: Instructions de S. Charles Borromée, printed at Lyon by Benoist Vignieu. This is a pocket-size early 18th-century edition of Saint Charles Borromeo’s instructions for confessors, translated from Italian into French, with material on the sacrament of penance, penitential canons arranged by the Decalogue, and related diocesan ordinances for Aix, including the mandement of Cardinal Grimaldi. Saint Charles Borromeo was one of the major figures of the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and this small Lyon edition preserves practical ecclesiastical guidance for confession, penance, parish discipline, and clerical conduct. The volume includes decorative woodcut headpieces, French text, and Latin sections including Sancti Caroli Borromei Instructiones. Details: Lyon, Benoist Vignieu, 1707. French, with Latin sections. Period brown leather binding, gilt-decorated spine with raised bands, red-stained page edges. Small format, approx. 6 x 3.5 x 1 inches. Bibliographic records call for 264 pages; this copy has not been fully collated. Condition: Period leather binding with rubbing, scuffing, edge wear, bumped corners, and wear at the spine ends. Gilt spine decoration remains attractive. Boards are worn but present and well attached. Text block is age-toned with scattered spotting, old dampstaining, creases, and handling wear. Interior remains readable, with decorative printed ornaments and red page edges. No clear ownership inscription identified. All books we sell are original copies, we do not sell reproductions. Free shipping, free no questions asked 30 day returns (within USA), eBay Global Shipping Program to other countries.
