Louis Veuillot — Pierre Saintive

Tours , Ad Mame et Cie, 1852. Cloth. A beautifully bound third edition of this French novel of letters by Louis Veuillot. The third edition of this uncommon novel styled in a letter format.  Published for the 'Library of Christian Youth&apos. In the publisher's lovely decorative navy cloth, with illustrative gilt to the boards and spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title page vignette, and two further plates. Collated, complete. Written by Louis Veuillot, a French journalist and author who helped to popularise ultramontanism, a philosophy favoring Papal supremacy. His journalistic methods, marked by irony and ad hominem criticism, led to controversies and even imprisonment. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with minimal shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional scattered spots. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .