BELLEFOND (Marie-Eléonore de). Les Œuvres spirituelles de Madame de Bellefont, religieuse, fondatrice & supérieure du Convent de Nôtre-Dame des Anges, de l'Ordre de Saint Benoist, à Roüen. Paris, Hélie Josset, 1688. In-8 tan calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red title page (contemporary binding). Slightly rubbed. Marie-Éléonore de Bellefond (1604-1665) was a French nun and abbess of the monastery of Port-Royal. A member of the nobility, she played an important role in the Jansenist movement by supporting the spiritual and educational reform of her abbey. Her religious commitment made her an influential figure in the Catholic reform movement of the seventeenth century. A fine copy. Manuscript bookplate of the Convent and Hospital of Charity of Grainville. Bookplate JM.