Les Instructions du Rituel du Diocese d'Alet - Pavillon, Nicolas 1597-1677 (Paris Savreux, 1670)
Nicolas Pavillon (1597-1677) was a French bisshop and a Jansenist. He came in conflict with pope Alexander VII and King Louis XIV.
This book contains a fold-out plate titled 'Mesures des tonsures', which is a guide for clergy to know the size of their tonsures (the shaven bald spot on top of the head).
Contains instructions for clerics on a wide variety of subjects in the form of questions and answers.
Ex libris W: Boshuysen 1763 (ms on flyleaf)
damaged leather binding, the back is coming off, in need of repair.
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Religion; Catholicism; Jansenism; France