France, ND (ca.1830-40's) Proof on card of bookplates for Academie des Dames de la Retraite (Congregation of Retreat of the Sacred Heart), Proof Vignette, showing the pillars of belief. Meditation, Application, and Science. The Congregation of Retreat of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic congregation founded in 1678 under the name of the Institute of Retreat, at Quimper, in Brittany, by Mademoiselle Claude-Thérèse de Kerméno under the direction of the Jesuit Father Huby. Printed in black on thin soft card. Intaglio engraved. Rare if not unique proof. Uncirculated with evidence of previous mounting on back.
Estimate: $180-280