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Author : Louis Charpy de Sainte-Croix.
Title : Les Saintes Tenebres en vers françois, avec le latin a coté : et des nottes pour l'intelligence de l'écriture & de la morale chrétienne.
Language : Text in Latin and French.
Publisher : A Paris : chez Guillaume Desprez, 1670. First Edition.
Size : 6 " X 4 ". 
Pages : 291 pages.
Binding : Good full original calf leather binding (hinges fine, overall worn and scuffed - as shown)  under a removable protective mylar cover .
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, some foxing, staining on endpaper only - as shown, signature of a previous owner on first endpaper). 

The book : Scarce 17th century first edition of this book on Holy Darkness... a book of passions and devotions , light and darkness,., baroque clear obscure. 

The author :  Louis Charpy de Sainte-Croix. (unknown. 16.. - 16..) 'Prestre, docteur en théologie' maybe the brother of Nicolas Charpy de Sainte-Croix.