Paris : chez Christophe David 1732. Hardcover. Good. A custom-made book safe. 17 x 10.4 cm. Bound in old French leather. Front hinge cracked but holding. The first ~40 pages intact. Housed inside the book is a hallowed-out safe with marbled paper borders. A secretive place to store something special. Safe dimensions are 12.6 x 7 x 2.4 cm. Paris : chez Christophe David hardcover
Paperback / softback. New. This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context. paperback
Référence libraire : B9780521368070 ISBN : 0521368073 9780521368070
Jacques Lecoffre Libraires In-12 lxii-487pp. reliure plein cuir de l'époque dos orné à caissons filets dores et estampe à froid sur les plats tranches marbrées Nb-0173 unknown
Paris: Mme Lamy 1802. Leather. Good. 8" by 5". Not Stated. Bossuet's interesting history of the humankind illustrated with a frontispiece and in the original Fenech. In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's important 'Speech of Universal History' a theological and philosophical exploration of the world. Looking through a religious lens the author explores humankind and the rise and falls of empires.Bossuet was a Roman Catholic Bishop court preacher to Louis XIV and tutor to the Grand Dauphin.Half-title is present. Bookplate of Jolliffe to the front paste down. In a full mottled calf binding. Externally with rubbing to the joints and extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine and front joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good Mme Lamy hardcover
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