Flowers from the Garden of the Visitation; or, Lives of Several Religious of the Order
by (SISTERS OF THE VISITATION)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co, 1875. Hardcover. 16mo. Rebound in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. 237pp. Very good. Prayer card neatly tipped to rear pastedown. Discreet ex-convent library, with almost no markings save monastery ownership name inked on front flyleaf and inkstamped on rear flyleaf. Attractive and tight first English-language edition of these biographical sketches of Sisters Anne Mary Bollain, Anne Frances von Hohenzollern, Frances Angelica Priolo, Mary Eleonora de Lorraine, Mary Xavier de Lorraine and M. Anne Teresa de la Tour. Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45989
- Title
- Flowers from the Garden of the Visitation; or, Lives of Several Religious of the Order
- Author
- (SISTERS OF THE VISITATION)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kelly, Piet & Co
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1875
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Religion;
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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- Cloth
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- Rebound
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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