Beschreibung:

The Journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour doctor of Sorbonne, containing a full account of all transactions both in France and at Rome, concerning the five famous propositions controverted between Jansenists and the Molinists, from the beginning of that affair till the Popes decision.
London: T. Ratcliff, 1664. 2 parts in one. Folio (330 x 216 mm). 19th-century calf gilt, expertly rebacked to style. Condition: browned and spotted, small chip to upper margin of title; covers with small neat repairs to corners. Provenance : William Penn (armorial bookplate dated 1703 on verso of title; sale Puttick & Simpson, 2 March 1872, lot 882). a book from the library of william penn, the founder of pennsylvania. A fine association copy of the first edition in english of a valuable record of the Jansenist controversy, told from the point of view of one who rejected the Sorbonne's general condemnation of Jansenism. If Penn read the present work shortly after its publication, it would have been at an important moment in his own spiritual development: it was between 1665 and 1667, whilst in Ireland, that he first became fully convinced of the Quaker message. Unfortunately, we can only say for certain that the book entered his library in 1703 or later, as this is the date on his bookplate. In 1872, descendants of Penn sold a large number of volumes from his library at auction. Sold in several sessions and containing 935 lots in total, this volume appeared as lot 882. Few books from his library have since re-appeared. Wing S296A.