Les Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes

Title: Les Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes

Author: Ambert, Le Général Baron (Ambert, Joachim)

Publication: Paris: Société Générale de Librairie Catholique, 1878.

Description: An account of Les Frčres des Ecoles Chrétiennes (Brothers of the Christian Schools), a Catholic lay religious order for men founded in 17th-century France by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. First edition. In original publisher's binding of full red cloth stamped in gilt and black, with brown endpapers and gilt text edges. 7 x 4.75 inches; [4], 139, [1] pages. A moderately worn copy with cracked hinges and joints, toned leaves, and some soiling to the front cover. Good+. The author Joachim Ambert was a French general, journalist, and Commander of the Legion of Honor. Les Frčres des Ecoles Chrétiennes are best known for the many schools they have operated around the world, such as La Salle University. Worldcat shows only nine institutional holdings.