$5 · Souvenirs d'Enfance et de Jeunesse

Original French language edition of Ernest Renan's (1823-1892) Memories of Childhood and youth. Originally published in 1883. This small slipcased Nelson edition was published in 1937. It is the story of his spiritual, tormented, and admirable journey that Ernest Renan relates here. From the college of Tréguier, his hometown, to the minor seminary of Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet that "the love of the truth" will make him leave before ordination. Pick-up is in Saanich, close to the Monkey Tree and ICBC plaza off McKenzie Ave. Cross-posted. Thanks for looking!