Les orations funèbres de Bossuet suivies du Sermon pour la professione de M.me De La Vallière, du Panérygique de Saint Paul et du Sermon sur la vocation des gentils - Avec des notices par M. Poujoulat. Gravures a l'eau-forte par V. Foulquier

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Author:  Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

Publisher:  Alfred Mame et Fils, Editeurs

Place of printing:  Tours

Year of publication:  1869

Product Condition:
Volume in slipcase. Precious full red leather binding with titles and very rich gold friezes on the spine with 5 raised bands, elegant framing with fillets and gold floral decorations on the plates, backplates framed by leather margins with elaborate gilded friezes, in excellent condition: slight peeling on the caps . Case covered with marbled paper in good condition: peeling on the edges and on the upper and lower cuts. Gilded cuts with traces of dust. Papers well preserved, slightly browned, with rare foxing. Texte en Français

Pages:  (4), 378

Format:  In eighth

Dimensions (cm):
Height:  27
Width:  18

Description

Elegant edition of the six famous funeral orations delivered by the specialist of the Bossuet genre for the Royal Highnesses of his time; three more sermons follow, including the one for the Profession of Madame De La Vallière. Each work is preceded by a historical Notice which introduces the dedicatee of the oration and by a finely etched cartoon by Joseph-François Foulquier (1744-1789). Portrait of the author on the frontispiece. At the Colophon: Tiré a 274 exemplaires: 250 sur papier vergé; 10 on chamois paper; 13 on paper de Chine; 1 sur peau de vélin. Example no. 9. Our specimen is further enhanced by an illustrious provenance: in fact, it comes from the library of the Chateau d'Ermenonville

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