Collection of five 17th and 18th century works on Jansenism. - Lot 192

Collection of five 17th and 18th century works on Jansenism. [Le Paige (Louis-Adrien): Très-humbles remontrances (Les) du Parlement au Roi, du 9 avril 1753, aus lesquelles on a joint : 1°. Tradition of the facts. 2°. Monumens ou recueil d'ordonnances. 3°. Capitulaires de nos rois. 4°. Collection des arrests et arrétés du Parlement, & des discours de M. le premier Président, depuis le 16 décembre 1752, jusqu'à l'exil des enquêtes. 5°. La déclaration du Roi, pour la translation de la Grand'Chambre à Pontoise. S.l., 1753. One volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. (2)-8-164-380-45-(1)-24-20 pages. Contemporary full calf, spine ribbed and decorated, black title page. Small defect on 1st spine, otherwise a good copy. Collective edition of various writings relating to the Unigenitus constitution and the querelle des refus de sacrements. This collection was published by the lawyer Louis-Adrien Le Paige, "éminence grise of parliamentary Jansenism". The first text is known as the Grandes remontrances d'avril 1753 sur le refus de sacrements. It was written, according to Catherine Maire in De la cause de Dieu à la cause de la nation, p. 415, by Cl. G. Lambert for two-thirds, by Robert de Saint-Vincent and corrected by Le Paige, Cl. Mey and Christophe Coudrette. The parts announced in the title, having a separate pagination, have often been described separately by bibliographers and editors of library catalogs. [MICHEL (Abbé)]: Lettres à l'auteur du Traité des miracles. In France, 1767. Two parts in one volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. (4)-III-(1)-267; (4)-293 pages. Contemporary full basane, smooth spine decorated. Small holes at the bottom of the spine, edges slightly worn. Staining in the ext. margin of the last 20 leaves. Despite this, a good copy. First edition. Conlon 67: 1113; Yve Plessis, Essai d'une biblio. [...] de la sorcellerie et de la possession démoniaque, no. 272, does not lift the anonymity. Simon Hervieux de La Boissière anonymously published a Traité des miracles in 1763, to denounce the inclination of Jansenists to emphasize prophecies and miracles. Our work, attributed to Abbé Michel or Leclerc, a lawyer, is a Jansenist rejoinder to Hervieux's treatise, in which the latter is accused of providing weapons for the unbelievers. COLLET (Pierre): Examen et résolutions des principales difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la célébration des SS. Mystères. Quatrième édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur. Paris, Debure l'Aîné and Claude Herissant Fils, 1762. One volume. 9.5 by 16.5 cm. VIII-(4)-429 pages. Contemporary full basane, spine with 5 ornate bands, red title page. Corners slightly dulled, otherwise a very good copy. 4th edition (E.O.: 1752). Lazarist and theologian, Pierre Collet "published a large number of anti-Jansenist works which had a great influence on the clergy". (D.B.F.). The author has been praised for his abundant erudition, clarity of exposition and vigorous dialectic." [GUDVER (Abbé Nicolas)]: La constitution Unigenitus, avec des remarques. Où l'on fait voir l'opposition de la doctrine des Jésuites, à celle des Saints Pères contenue dans les Propositions du Père Quesnel. Utrecht, Aux Dépens de la Compagnie, 1737. One volume. 9.5 by 16 cm. XXVI-[3] to 225 pages (complete). Contemporary full basane, 5-rib ornate spine, red title page. Some wear. Numerous handwritten notes from the period in the margins and on the endpapers. Slight wetness, some foxing. The 1st edition dates from 1713. Willaert 10328; P. James, Le bûcher bibliographique, no. 277 (1739 edition). By the parish priest of S. Pierre de Laon, a Jansenist who accepted the Unigenitus Bull with great reluctance, but refused to sign the form. History of the five propositions of Jansenius. Liège, Daniel Moumal, 1699. One volume. 9.5 by 15.5 cm. (32)-654 pages + 1 f. errata. Contemporary full basane, spine ribbed and decorated, binding worn and awkwardly restored. Light spotting on last 3 leaves, scattered foxing. First edition. Bourgeois et André, S.H.F. n° 3109. This history covers the period 1643-1669. "Some claim that this polemical book was written by Hilaire Dumas, doctor of the Sorbonne; others, that Dumas was simply the prête-nom of the king's confessor, the Jesuit Father Michel Le Tellier. Whatever the case, the writer promises to remain calm and impartial. He criticizes the works previously published by his opponents, denying them any historical value, and sets out to compose an accurate history that will finally shed light on the Jansenist question. The summary of events is set out clearly, methodically and with a genuine concern for impartiality. But then come six clarifications, where the tone changes, and it's these that provoke an ardent polemic." (S.