Author: Bossuet, Jacques Benigne
Title: Oraison Funebre de Tres-Haut, Et Tres-Puissant Prince Louis de Bourbon / Prince de Conde, Premier Prince Du Sang. Prononcee a L'Eglise de Nostre-Dame de Paris le 10. Jour de Mars 1687. Par Monsieur Jacques Benigne Bossuet, Evesque de Meaux, Conseiller Du Roy En Ses Conseils, Cy-Devant Precepteur de Monseigneur le Dauphin, Premier Aumosnier de Madame la Dauphine
Description: (Paris: Les Bibliolatres de France, 1943). 1943). (Paris: Les Bibliolatres de France, 1943). 1943). Fine. - Large octavo [11-1/4 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide]. 7 signatures are laid into printed cream wraps with a vignette of a printing press on the front wrap. The rear wrap is slightly darkened around the edges & the tail of the spine is lightly chipped. 43 pages plus colophon, partially unopened. Illustrated in brown & cream with a portrait frontispiece, a title vignette & a head-piece & tail-piece by J. Pheulpin. Near fine.

Reprinted from the original 1687 edition. The text is in French. Fine .

Keywords: HISTORY; FRANCE; FUNERAL ORATION; ORAISON FUNEBRE DE TRES-HAUT, ET TRES-PUISSANT PRINCE LOUIS DE BOURBON PRINCE DE CONDE, PREMIER PRINCE DU SANG; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; 17TH CENTURY; JACQUES BENIGNE BOSSUET; PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE; J. PHEULPIN.

See more books from our catalog: History