FIRMINHAC (Jean Jacques) abbé - Lot 339

FIRMINHAC (Jean Jacques) abbé The Pyrenees. Bordeaux, Dupuy & comp. 1854. In-8: 2f. (preface), 204pp. Scattered spotting. ½ period green chagrin, smooth spine decorated with rocaille-style long irons. Monsieur le curé has a firm hock and wields verse as well as a walking stick. He visits all his confreres and, between two villages, climbs to the top of the most accessible mountains. A rare work. Born in Estaing in 1798, he was a seminarian in Bordeaux. He was successively parish priest at Sauternes in 1825, Ambarès in 1829 and Sainte-Eulalie de Bordeaux in 1857. In 1866, he retired to Ginolhac, near Entraygues, where he died in 1880. He was an honorary canon of Rodez and Tours, a knight of the Order of Isabella "la Catholique", and a member of the Société des Lettres, Sciences et Arts de l'Aveyron. Abbé FIRMINHAC published several works, notably of poetry. Of particular note are "Mélanges, poésies de la montagne, poésies de la plaine (1863)" (information taken from the website of the Collège du Sacré Coeur de Rodez). Provenance: Printed bookplate Christian Galaup.