1730 1st Edtn LIBER RITUALIS AUTISSIODORENSIS By D.D. Caroli de Caylus Illus. John Baptist Jackson Very Good

France: Private Printing, 1730. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229). John Baptist Jackson. Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Very rare to market and a scare book.. WorldCat has this book located in only four Libraries (France's National Library, Mazaring Library, Institut catholique de Paris, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Sainte-Geneviève) and the Tilburg University Library (Netherlands). Leather binding - full speckled calf skin folio. In very good+ condition Vignette on the title page of the arms of Charles de Caylus. Charles de Caylus, born April 20, 1669 in Paris, died April 3, 1754 near Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 1704 until his death, at the age of 85. Exiled in his diocese for his Jansenist opinions, he transformed it profoundly and made it a bastion of Jansenism. Previous owner stamp of Pierre Barbier (1903-1992) Clerk at the Commercial Court of Romorantin, Montereau, then Brioude. Member and former departmental inspector of the French Archaeological Society (in 1960). Please see photos as part of condition report 1730 1st Edition , LIBER RITUALIS AUTISSIODORENSIS By D.D. Caroli de Caylus Charles de Caylus, born April 20, 1669 in Paris, died April 3, 1754 near Auxerre, Bishop of Auxerre from 1704 until his death, at the age of 85. Exiled in his diocese for his Jansenist opinions, he transformed it profoundly and made it a bastion of Jansenism. Illustrated By: John Baptist Jackson Format: Hardcover, Language: Latin Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: Private Printing, France octavo (8vo 6 × 9 152 × 229),Pages 464 ISBN: Jansenism/Religion - Jansenism a theological movement, primarily in France, that emphasised original sin, human depravity, the necessary divine grace and predestination. Published under the authority of the Bishop. This book of rituals contains for baptism, visiting the sick, marriage, exorcism amongst others. Engravings by John Baptist Jackson (1701–1780) a British artist, a woodcut printmaker of the eighteenth century. He lived and worked in Paris (1725-30) and Venice (1730-1745) after which he returned to England. Jackson was prolific, ambitious and innovative within the medium, and produced both chiaroscuro and polychrome prints, as well as wallpaper SKU: BTETM0000945 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg