Bossuet, [Jacques Bernigne]

Discours sur l'Histoire Universelle [Volume 2]

Paris: A. Hiard, 1836. Quarter Leather with gilt decorated spine to patterned boards with matching text block; Marbled end-pages; silk place-holder ribbon. 3.5 by 5.5 inches; 203 pages. Text in French.

The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with loss of top spine tip.

Jacques-Bénigne Lignel Bossuet was a French bishop and theologian renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a master French stylist. Court preacher to Louis XIV of France, Bossuet was a strong advocate of political absolutism and the divine right of kings

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