BOSSUET Jacques-Bénigne
Discourse on universal history to Monseigneur le Dauphin
to explain the continuation of religion and the changes in the empires
Paris, Mabre-Cramoisy, 1681
In-4°. Full red morocco (P. Bernon). Spine finely decorated with small irons between the 5 nerves. Double gilt fillet framing the boards with corner fleuron "à la Duseil". Double gilt fillet on the edges. Inside gilt lace. T. gilt. Posterior gilt lined slipcase. A large-margined copy (250x185mm). First edition of this important work of Bossuet, carefully and skilfully dressed by Bernon, binder from Toulouse. (Le Petit, p. 419)
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