Leclercq, Dom Jean;

THE LOVE OF LEARNING AND THE DESIRE FOR GOD: A Study of Monastic Culture

New York: Fordham University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. x, 415 pp. 12mo, green cloth, white stamped spine lettering. Catharine Misrahi trans. Spine and sliver of head just faintly sunned, otherwise a pristine copy––clean, tight and fresh. DJ tips a bit rubbed with some minimal chipping at head, spine faintly sunned, otherwise crisp and clean, now wrapped in mylar. NEAR FINE / VERY GOOD. Item #1276

First printing in English of Leclerq's epochal study of western monasticism.

Price: $175.00