1927 LE CARDINAL MERCIER 1st Ed LOUIS DESMET-VERTENEUIL

1927

Above is the complete title page.

First edition in slipcase box (not shown); heavy oversize book, weighs 7 pounds — text in French.

Contains numerous tipped-in color plates and full page monochrome plates, voluminous in-text photographic illustrations, and dozens of facsimile letters, documents, etc.

Also includes a loose tipped-in color plate portrait of Mercier that is not from the book.

Il a Été Tiré de cet Ouvrage:

75 exemplaires sur Japon des Manufactures Impériales, numérotés à la presse de 1 à 75

En plus, 8 exemplaires hors commerce, lettrés de A à H

175 exemplaires sur papier cuve Van Gelder, numérotés à la presse de 76 à 250

En plus, 8 exemplaires hors commerce, lettrés de I à P

250 exemplaires sur papier cuve des Manufactures d’Arches, numérotés à la presse de 251 à 500

En plus, 8 exemplaires hors commerce, lettrés de Q à X

des exemplaires sur papier Featherweight non justifies.

BIOGRAPHY:

Désiré-Félicien-François-Joseph Mercier (1851-1926), Belgian Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen, Thomist scholar, author, editor, founded Higher Institute of Philosophy at Louvain University.

Mercier founded and edited the Revue Néoscholastique, writing articles on metaphysics, philosophy, psychology, he was widely translated, and best known for the work Les origines de la psychologie contemporaine.

PROVENANCE:

See top left corner of second listing picture.

Verso half-title signed in purple, red and black ink: Sidney John, Le don de sa famille. Le 21 mai, 1942.

No other markings or signs of previous ownership.

CONTENTS:

Dédicace

Présentation

Comité d’honneur

Comité d’rédaction

Advertissement de l’Editeur

Lettre-Préface

Avant-Propos

Première Partie. Essai biographique

1. Jusqu’a L’Appel de Dieu (1851-1882)

2. L’Appel de Léon XIII et de Pie X (1882-1914)

3. Pendant la Guerre (1914-1918)

4. Après la Guerre (1919-1926)

5. Les Derniers Jours (1926) Quelques Souvenirs

6. Le Cardinal Mercier et L’Etranger

Deuxième Partie. Hommages

Troisième Partie. Essai de bibliographie

Quatrième Partie. Notes iconographiques

Index général des noms cités

Tables des matières

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

12.50” x 9.50” x 2.25”

7 lbs 0 ounces

650 pages

ccxxxii + (2) + 414 + (2)

Note: Roman numeral pagination interspersed in sections throughout.

Slipcase box:

Scuffed, sunned, soiled, chipped and separated at edges in a few spots.

Book:

Bound with thick, red cloth-like flexible paper covers that fold-over half again verso, are well attached and moderately rubbed at edges; front cover has gilt and color illustration and title. Backstrip is sunned, with interval creases and faded gilt title. Binding is good, shaken in a few spots but holding together well, no loose, missing or torn pages; a few minor edge creases. Leaves have some light foxing fore and aft few leaves, otherwise no foxing, fading or offset.

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This book is from the collection of Donald Hawthorne, antiquarian bookseller for over 60 years.