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[LA VALLIÈRE (Louise de)].
Reflections on God’s Mercy, by a penitent lady. Third edition.
Based on the Paris edition, published in The Hague by Adrian Moetjens, 1681.
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Reflections on God’s Mercy, by a penitent lady. Third edition.
Based on the Paris edition, published in The Hague by Adrian Moetjens, 1681.
In-12 in in-18 format, (6) leaves (including the frontispiece), 101 pp., (2) leaves (table), long-grained plum morocco, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with a set of gilt metal tools in a plant motif arranged in a staggered pattern, gilt title and date, double border, gilt fillet and triple fillet, covers with 4 scroll-shaped metal tools, gilt fillet on the edges, caps and endpapers, gilt edges, pink endpapers [Purgold Hering] (slight rubbing, upper edge superficially cracked, a few foxing spots on the first quires).
Charles Nodier (gilt bookplate). E.-G. Marigues de Champ-Repus (1828–1892, bookplate featuring a gilt coat of arms on paper). Modern engraved bookplate bearing the initials R.E., printed in green.
Tchemerzine, vol. IV, p. 115. Brunet, vol. III, p. 885.
An extremely rare third edition, in the Elzevir style, the second to appear under her name following an anonymous first edition. Attributed to Mlle de La Vallière, the famous mistress of Louis XIV, she is said to have written these moving *Réflexions*, which enjoyed great success, following a serious illness. Françoise-Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of La Vallière (1644–1710), after falling from favour and being replaced by Madame de Montespan, turned to religion and entered the very strict Carmelite convent in the Faubourg Saint-Jacques under the name of Sister Louise de la Miséricorde. A copy belonging to Charles Nodier, cited by Brunet, bound in a luxurious binding by Jean-Georges Purgold and Hering. A German bookbinder (1784–1829) regarded as one of the greats of his time: his work rivalled that of Simier or Thouvenin. He was in partnership for five years with Hering, an English bookbinder, which dates this binding to between 1820 and 1825; it was most likely commissioned by Nodier himself. An edition illustrated with a portrait of the duchess in a nun’s habit, unsigned, engraved in black on copper and titled “Madame la Duchesse de La Vallière penitente”. Enriched with a profile portrait, engraved in black on steel in the 19th century, signed AS and printed on China paper, placed before the first page of the text.