SAINTE-BEUVE, C.-A. (CHARLES AUGUSTIN).

Port-Royal. Deuxième Edition. Tome I-V.

Paris, Librairie De L. Hachette et Cie, 1859-60. 8vo. Bound in 5 contemporary hcalf. with gilt spines. Gilt title to spines. Spines rubbed. Hinges and capitals worn. Corners bumped. Library stamps to title pages. Somewhat brownspotted and a few underlinings in text.

Second edition of this critical work by Sainte-Beuve. It was based on a series of lectures he gave at the University of Lausanne in 1837-38. This monumental assemblage of scholarship, insights, and historical acumen - a unique work of its kind - chronicles the history of the Cistercian abbey of Port-Royal. The abbey, with its associated community of brilliant scholars and teachers, was famous in the 17th century as a centre of Jansenism.

This copy belonged to the renowned historian of litterature and collector Paul V. Rubow and has his signature to front free endpaper.

Order-nr.: 57183