Author: (Bouhours, Dominique).
Title: Pensées ingénieuses des Pères de l'Eglise par le P. B***. Séconde édition.
Description: Paris, Louis Josse, 1700. (24), 456, (32 index, permission, approbation) pp. Contemporary decorated printed paper over contemporary vellum. Title-page printed in red & black with vignette; engraved frontispiece depicting gathering of churchfathers; decorated initials, head- and tailpieces; includes printed latin citations in margins and index at end. 12mo. 16x10 cm. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Very good copy of the second edition of this synthetic presentation of the spiritual teachings and thoughts of the churchfathers by Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702). He was a distinguished French Jesuit literator and wrote a.o. comparable works about other classic authors. The first edition appeared also in 1700 and there are also Amsterdam, Gallet imprints of both editions. Shelf-mark on verso frontispiece, old name erased from flyleaf, small printed ex-libris inside front cover, mild browning throughout, bit worn at edges, decorated paper discoloured at spine with traces of tickets; Cf. De Backer-Sommervogel I, 1912; Stewart 572; Barbier III, 824; NBG 6, col. 914-917.

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