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Title: Recueil De Diverses Oraisons Funebres Harangues, Discours, Et Autres Pieces D'Eloquence Des Plus Celebres Auteurs De Ce Tems - Tome III [ only - seulement ]
Description: Jean Henry, A L'Isle [ Lille ], 1695, nouvelle edition. Full contemporary calf, G+. [iv]+491pp, leather rubbed at the edges, especially to the spine, last few pp rather yellowed, good margins, Armorial Bookplate of Charles Grave Hudson. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Odd volume of a collection of Funeral Orrations that went through many editions. This volume contains the following eulogies - 3 for Marie Anne Christian De Baviere, Dauphine of France, 3 for Charles Des Maure, Duc De Montausier, 1 for Milord Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnel, 1 for Anne Marie Louise Duchesse De Monpensier, 1 for Monsigeneur Camille De Neufville in latin and 1 for Luois De La Tour D'Auvergne, Prince de Turenne. Sir Charles Grave Hudson, 1st Baronet [ 1730 - 1813 ] married well and became the owner of Wanlip Hall in Leicestershire. He was a director of the South Sea Company and became a High Sheriff of Leicestershire in 1783.

Keywords: theology, eulogy, french history, biography