Narrative of the Demolition of the Monastery of Port Royal des Champs, including biographical memoirs of its latter inhabitants by Schimmelpenninck, Mary Anne - 1816

Printed for J. and A. Arch. London. 1816. Octavo. viii, 379pp. Recent quarter calf, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with raised bands and gilt lettering and motifs. Endpapers and title slightly toned, some occasional spotting.

Schimmelpenninck, Mrs Mary Anne nee Galton (1778–1856), Author. She published this volume after her visits to Port Royal in 1814-15, after Hannah More sent her some writings of the Port Royalists.

Port Royal des Champs, the Cistercian Abbey of Jansenist nuns who were initially harassed, confined and denied the sacrament over fifty years, then dispersed in 1709, the buildings and graves systematically destroyed 1710-1712. "A striking illustration of the inestimable value and importance of both religious and civil liberty"