[POULLIN de LUMINA (Étienne-Joseph). Histoire de l'établisse - Lot 140

[POULLIN de LUMINA (Étienne-Joseph). Histoire de l'établissement des moines mendiants [History of the establishment of mendicant monks], in which the origin of the monks, their first fervor, their relaxation, their decadence, their various reforms up to S. Dominique & S. François, the rapid progress of the two orders which these saints established, the relaxation which they caused in discipline & the troubles which they caused in the Church & in the State are treated. A Avignon, aux dépens de Libraires associés, 1767. Large in-12, green half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated (late 19th century binding). Full-length critique of the Church, long attributed to d'Alembert. Small epidermis on first cover.