Gilles Jaques. Ecole Chrestienne, où le Miroir de la jeunesse, auquel elle trouvera, comme elle doit honnestement converser, aller, venir, parler; & plusieurs autres vertueuses instructions tres-utile

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Mirror for young Catholics PICQUET, Gilles Jaques. Ecole Chrestienne, où le Miroir de la jeunesse, auquel elle trouvera, comme elle doit honnestement converser, aller, venir, parler; plusieurs autres vertueuses instructions tres-utiles; necessaires à la jeunesse: poëtiquement composé. Brussels: Chez Martin de Bossuyt, Imprimeur juré de la ville . 1668. 4to. Recent half calf with marbled sides, spine ruled and lettered directly in gilt; pp. [viii], 63, [1 (printer’s device)]; woodcut initials, head-, and tailpiece, woodcut vignette to title, large woodcut printer’s device to final verso; trimmed close at head touching title and running-titles, uniform light toning; else a very good copy; contemporary inscriptions ‘XII.’ and ‘Oratorij Bruxellensis’ to title-page (see below); contemporary markings in ink to a few pages. First and only edition, exceedingly rare, of this educational work in French verse on proper conduct for Catholic children. Written in French alexandrine verse, L’Ecole Chrétienne, or Miroir de la jeunesse offers a comprehensive guide to cultivating civility and moral integrity in young people. The work is organised into thirty-five chapters, each providing practical advice with titles such as ‘Avoid incivility’, ‘Learn Latin’, ‘Respect the priests’, ‘How to behave in churches’, and ‘How to serve the table’. Nearly every facet of youthful propriety is addressed. Chapter twenty-five, ‘Avoid the Huguenots’, warns that ‘all their false loyalties are held together li

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