Nouveau Reveil De L'Ame, Pour le conserver & avancer dans la Vertu; New Soul Awakening, To keep and advance in virtue

Grand rue [Paris]: A Besancon, De l'impririe de la V Bogillot, c. 1775. Silk cover, near fine, minus less than 10, small wear holes through the silk. Tarnished silver wire filigree loops around the entire perimeter of the book, as well as the spine. Both the front and back cover have five floral designs of twisted silver and gold filigree. The attached endpapers are blue and pink marbled, while the front and rear pages are hand painted floral design. Blue and green/gold binding string is attached under the end papers, light fraying at the ends. The petite text block is spotless. Miniature book,"Miniscule Livre" pp [1-2] 3-64, 4.5 mm x 5.5 mm. A charming companion to life in the time of the Enlightenment for a person of either sex to have the solution to life at their fingertips, literally. No copies discerned in auction records or Worldcat. A stunningly attractive book for any miniature collection. Fine overall with descriptors. Item #3362

Fair le mal, & faire le bien
Aprendre a mourir & a vivre,
Servir son Dieu, vivre en Chreitien,
Voila l'aberge de ce Livres
[Poem p2, title page verso]

Do evil and do good
Learn to die and to live,
Serve your God, live as a Christian,
This is the shelter of this book.

Price: $1,850.00