FALLOUX, COUNT DE / PRESTON, MISS H.W. (TRANSLATOR).
Life and Letters of Madame Swetchine.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1867. 1st edition. "Anne Sophie Swetchine (née Sofia Petrovna Soymonova), 1782 – 1857), known as Madame Swetchine, was a Russian mystic, born in Moscow, and famous for her salon in Paris. Coming from Russian Orthodoxy, in 1815 she became a Catholic, largely as the result of reading the writings of Joseph de Maistre, though she had also been under the influence of the Jesuits. Russian law did not permit members of the Russian nobility who had converted from the Orthodox religion to continue living in Russia, and so Sophie was forced to live in exile, choosing Paris as her new home".(wiki). Pp.xvi/369/12(publisher's catalogue), armoriaall bookplate Convent of the Immaculate Conception O.S.F. Bocking Essex to inside front board. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, minor edge wear, bumps to corners and a couple of bleached spots. G+.
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