BORROMEO, Carlo Instructions de saint Charles... Lot 1152

BORROMEO, Carlo Instructions de saint Charles Boromée cardinal [...]. Traduites d'Italien en François. Metz B. Antoine 1699 12mo: [24]-283 pp. (some marg. dampst. and soiling in last part). Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red speckled edges (sm. label on front. board, head partly missing, joints and back board sl. rubbed). Rare Metz ed. of this catechism by one of the leading figures of the Counter-Reformation (1538-1584). Prov. Joseph Benoît (collector's stamp with motto "Benefacientes Benedicti"). - Centre Cerfaux-Lefort bibliothèque (libr. stamp).