CROSNIER (Mgr). - Lot 209

CROSNIER (Mgr). Religious congregations in the diocese of Nevers. Congregations of women. Nevers, Michot, 1881. In-8 paperback, 450 pages. Foxing, cover rubbed. Spine fragile. Last publication by Nivernais scholar and historian Augustin-Joseph Crosnier (1804-1880), published posthumously and following his work on the congregations of men in the diocese of Nevers, published in 1877. Enclosed: Notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Mgr Crosnier, protonotaire apostolique, vicaire général de Nevers, fondateur et président de la société nivernaise des Lettres, Sciences et Arts, membre correspondant de la commission de la topographie des Gaules et de plusieurs sociétés savantes, etc... By M. L'abbé Boutillier, parish priest of Coulanges les Nevers, vice-president of the Société nivernaise, municipal archivist of Nevers. Nevers, Fay et Vallière, 1881. In-8, XLVIII pages. Pitted cover.