Bouquet sacre compose des roses du Caluaire des lys de Bethlehem des jacintes d’Oliuet & de plusieurs autres belles pensees de la terre Saincte.

17th-c. manuscript copy on paper, c. 15 x 10,5 cm, [4-3 bl.], 3-345, [12-1 bl.] pp., expertly written in brown ink.

Contemp. vellum, flat spine (somewhat worn and loosening). In good condition (somewhat short, some edges frayed resulting in a sm. loss of words or letters).

Contemp. manuscript copy of an immensely popular work of the French Franciscan preacher J. Boucher (1560-1631), in his final years preaching for Queen Anne, wife of Louis XIII. It first appeared Le Mans 1614, and had some 55 editions until 1780. This description of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (1610-1612) extensively deals with Muhammad’s life and religion, Muslim customs etc. "As a Franciscan preacher, he gave his travel narrative a moral purpose, using what he sees in Eastern countries under Islamic rule to encourage Catholic readers to adopt a more virtuous life" (M.-C. Gomez-Géraud, in Christian-Muslim relations. A bibliographical history, vol. 9, 2017, pp. 398-404).