BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne.

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BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne.
Sermon preached at the opening of the General Assembly of the Clergy of France. The 9th. November 1681 at the solemn mass of the Holy Spirit, in the church of the Grands Augustins. Paris, Frédéric Léonard, 1682. In-4 (240 x 181 mm) of 74 pp., and the last one white; red morocco, dishes decorated in the Duseuil style, spine ribbed, roulette on the cups, gilt edges (period binding). Original edition of the sermon that Bossuet held in the year of his nomination as bishop of Meaux, after having finished his role as tutor for the Dauphin. Beautifully preserved copy in a beautiful contemporary red morocco binding. Provenance: Louis Barthou (ex-libris, sale I, lot 24: marked "Reliure de Du Seuil"). Tchemerzine-Scheler, I, 844.
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