RECUEIL DES ORAISONS FUNEBRES Prononcees par Messire Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Eveque de Meaux. Nouvelle Edition. Augmentee de l'Eloge historique de l'Auteur, & du Catalogue de ses Ouvrages.

Bossuet, Jacques Benigne (1627-1704).

Published by Paris: Chez Jean Desaint, 1741., 1741

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- 18mo, 6-5/8 inches high by 4 inches wide. Full contemporary brown calf with a gilt titled red leather label and floral decorations in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with wear to the edges and corners. The head of the spine is chipped with a small piece out adjacent to the rear joint. 518 & [5] pages, with decorative head & tail pieces and initials. An early owner's name is penned on the title page. There is occasional minor soiling and evidence of early worming to the front edge of the last 2 leaves of text, rear blank and endpaper. Good. The French bishop and theologian Jacques Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) was renowned for his sermons and considered one of the most brilliant orators of all times. A strong advocate of political absolutism and the divine right of kings, Bossuet was the court preacher for Louis XIV. Contained within this work are his three great orations delivered at the funerals of Queen Henrietta Maria (who was the widow of the English king Charles I) in 1669, that of her daughter Henriette, Duchess of Orleans who passed away a year later, and the French military commander le Grand Conde in 1687. Seller Inventory # 96766

Bibliographic Details

Title: RECUEIL DES ORAISONS FUNEBRES Prononcees par...

Publisher: Paris: Chez Jean Desaint, 1741.

Publication Date: 1741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good