Massillon, Jean-BaptisteLivre Rare Book
Petit careme.
1789réf. 40323Paris: de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine 1789. Large 4to 31 cm 12. 25". 4 ff. 312 pp. Massillon 16631742 was a noted much admired and greatly in demand Oratorian preacher remembered for his gentle persuasiveness. One of his most famous works is this Petit Carême the compiled Lenten sermons which he delivered before the young King Louis XV of France in 1718. It is here in an edition of => 200 copies a part of the series of texts printed for the education of the Dauphin. WorldCat locates only two U.S. libraries reporting ownership Cornell Cleveland Public. Binding: Contemporary red morocco spine gilt extra with green leather gilt label and elegant tooling to top and bottom bands and compartments; covers with similarly elegant well-composed gilt borders and with board edges and turn-ins gilt in complementary fashion. All edges gilt silk bookmarker present. Provenance: Bookplate of Brian Stilwell. Brunet Supplement 981; Graesse IV 439. Bound as above in excellent condition with only the lightest shelfwear and a very short tear not advancing at head of spine; wide-margined leaves very clean with only the lightest sort of normal foxing. => A treasurable copy. de l'Imprimerie de Didot l'aine hardcover books
