(BEAST OF GEVAUDAN). MANDATORY FROM MY LORD... - Lot 30 - De Baecque et Associés

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(BEAST OF GEVAUDAN). MANDATORY FROM MY LORD... - Lot 30 - De Baecque et Associés
(BEAST OF GEVAUDAN). MANDATORY FROM MY LORD BISHOP OF MENDE to order public prayers on the occasion of the Anthropophagous Animal which desolates the Gévaudan. Mende, by the widow of François Bergeron, 1754 (for 1764). Booklet in-4° of 10-2bl. pages, red chagrin, smooth spine titled in long, gilt border inside (modern binding). "A ferocious beast, unknown in our climates, suddenly appears there, as if by miracle... It leaves bloody traces of cruelty... It attacks its prey with incredible agility and speed... To these causes, one will make the prayers of forty hours where one will sing the Domine ". Given in Mende in Our Episcopal Palace, December 31, 1764. Bends with loss of a letter, trace of sunstroke on the back and overflowing on the plates. HISTORICAL PIECE OF A GREAT RARITY.
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