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1521 Regula beatissimi patris Benedicti e latino i gallicum sermonem per quondam reverendum domin� Guidon� iuvenal� / d� viveret abbatem Sancti Sulpicii Bituricensis traducta - Printed Guillaume de Plains at the expense of Enguilbert and Jean de Marnef, Paris, September 10th, with the woodcut device of P Viart. small 8vo. pp. 102 (leaves), [5]. Late nineteenth century full crimson levant morocco, with gilt armorial shield. A fine copy. The second edition - the first appeared in 1501 - of what was the earliest instance of a printed diglot version of the 6th century Rule of St Bendict. This had been composed at Monte Cassino, and was unquestionably the single most important document in the organisation and spread of monasticism in the west. It was translated by Guy Jouenneaux (died between 1505 and 1507), leader of a movement towards a stricter monastic discipline in the Benedictine order and in particular at their principal Paris abbey of St. Germain des Pr�s. The printer used Gothic letter of two sizes, small for the Latin text, large for the French. Provenance: of Helion-Charles-Edouard de Villeneuve the Marquis de Trans et de Flayosc (1827 - 1893) copy with his gilt armorial shield on both covers. He was a life-long ultra-republican. Earlier signatures, ''Bellelay'' and ''a secretari, 1849'' are to be found on the title page. It later formed part of the collection of Andre L Simon (book plate present) who in his ''Bibliotheca Gastronomica'' (no 192) notes ''St. Benedict ... not only allowed his monks the use of wine but enjoined them to drink a pint a day in order to keep fit and to be able to pray and work well. On holy days he allowed them a double measure, which he called ''caritas'', while the workaday pint was called ''justitia'', and on fast days he gave them ''caritas'' to make up for the lack of food.'' Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney 1521 Regula beatissimi patris Benedicti e latino i gallicum sermonem per quondam reverendum domin� Guidon� iuvenal� / d� viveret abbatem Sancti Sulpicii Bituricensis traducta - Printed Guillaume de Plains at the expense of Enguilbert and Jean de Marnef, Paris, September 10th, with the woodcut device of P Viart. small 8vo. pp. 102 (leaves), [5]. Late nineteenth century full crimson levant morocco, with gilt armorial shield. A fine copy. The second edition - the first appeared in 1501 - of what was the earliest instance of a printed diglot version of the 6th century Rule of St Bendict. This had been composed at Monte Cassino, and was unquestionably the single most important document in the organisation and spread of monasticism in the west. It was translated by Guy Jouenneaux (died between 1505 and 1507), leader of a movement towards a stricter monastic discipline in the Benedictine order and in particular at their principal Paris abbey of St. Germain des Pr�s. The printer used Gothic letter of two sizes, small for the Latin text, large for the French. Provenance: of Helion-Charles-Edouard de Villeneuve the Marquis de Trans et de Flayosc (1827 - 1893) copy with his gilt armorial shield on both covers. He was a life-long ultra-republican. Earlier signatures, ''Bellelay'' and ''a secretari, 1849'' are to be found on the title page. It later formed part of the collection of Andre L Simon (book plate present) who in his ''Bibliotheca Gastronomica'' (no 192) notes ''St. Benedict ... not only allowed his monks the use of wine but enjoined them to drink a pint a day in order to keep fit and to be able to pray and work well. On holy days he allowed them a double measure, which he called ''caritas'', while the workaday pint was called ''justitia'', and on fast days he gave them ''caritas'' to make up for the lack of food.'' Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney