Paul CHAUVIN

Bénarès. Conférence faite au profit de la Croix-rouge française (...) à l'Hôtel de ville de Curepipe le 9 juillet 1916 sous les auspices de l'Alliance française, et la présidence d'honneur de Monsieur le Consul de France, en présence de sir Henry H. J. Bell, gouverneur de Maurice

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[Benares. A lecture delivered for the benefit of the French Red Cross (…) at the Town Hall of Curepipe on 9 July 1916, under the auspices of the Alliance Française, and under the honorary presidency of the French Consul, in the presence of Sir Henry H. J. Bell, Governor of Mauritius]

General printing & stationery |Mauritius 1916|15.3 x 22.3 cm|Relié

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⬨ 90510

Very rare first edition of this Mauritian imprint of a charitable lecture delivered during the war in the island’s second city, by the Solesmes Benedictine Dom Paul Chauvin (1866–1937), preacher and prior of the Parisian Abbey of La Source.

Only one copy recorded in the CCF (Rennes).

Bradel-style binding in half brown glacé morocco, smooth spine, date and place gilt at foot, top edge gilt, sides in handmade paper, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved, contemporary binding.

At the head of the title page, an autograph inscription by Paul Chauvin to the Duke and Duchess of Bauffremont (the sixth duke, Pierre-Eugène de Bauffremont, 1843–1917, a noted collector of Mauritian literature).