GAILLARDIN (Casimir). The Trappists, or the Order... Lot 21

GAILLARDIN (Casimir). The Trappists, or the Order of Cîteaux in the 19th century. History of the Trappist monastery from its foundation to the present day. - 1140-1844. Paris, Comptoir des imprimeurs-unis, 1844. 2 vol. in-8, black half-chagrin, spines decorated, spotted tr. (binding of the time). Covers and spines a little rubbed. First edition of this monastic monograph, typical of this particular moment in the religious history of France, where religious communities abolished by the Constituent began to be reborn, with many essays with different destinies. Copy of the Marquise de Champagne, with handwritten bookplate.