£900.00
Le Maistre de Sacy, Isaac-Louis. Lettres chrétiennes et spirituelles. Paris: Guillaume Desprez; Elie Josset, 1690.
Early edition.
Volume I (as present).
Contemporary calf, raised bands; later cloth or paper reinforcement to one volume, shelf labels.
General wear, rubbing and small losses; institutional stamps and marks.
Year: 1690
Edition: revised and expanded.
Publisher: Guillaume Desprez; Elie Josset, Paris
A seventeenth-century Paris printing of the spiritual letters of Isaac-Louis Le Maistre de Sacy, one of the central figures of the Port-Royal movement and a major voice in French religious life. Works of this nature circulated widely among clergy and educated lay readers, shaping devotional practice well beyond their original community.
The survival of the volume in period calf, worn but stable, speaks to sustained use across generations. Institutional marks within indicate long preservation in organised custody, a common pathway for books that remained doctrinally and historically relevant.
A solid and appealing example of French spiritual literature from the age of Louis XIV.
De Sacy stood at the heart of the Jansenist intellectual world and remains a defining figure in the religious controversies of seventeenth-century France. His writings influenced theology, biblical translation, and devotional culture for generations. Material connected with Port-Royal continues to attract scholarly and collecting attention.
