Author: Jean Baptiste Massillon
Title: Petit Careme de Massillon, Eveque de Clermont
Description: Paris, P. Didot L'Aine, 1812. Full Leather. 318p. A small, light brown full-leatherbound hardcover book in very good condition. The panels are rubbed, and the pages are foxed. Sticker and pen inscription on front endpaper. However, the text is clean and the binding is tight. Written entirely in French. A collection of Catholic sermons for Lent by Jean Baptiste Massillon, the 18th-century Bishop of Clermont and Advent preacher Versailles (in 1699). His sermons were popular for their moral, rather than dogmatic, themes. The spine and panel edges feature gilt decorations. From the page preceding the title page: "Collection des Meilleurs Ouvrages de la Langue Francoise, Dediee aux Amateurs de l'Art Typographique." Measures approx. 7" x 4.
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Title: Petit Careme de Massillon, Eveque de Clermont
Description: Paris, P. Didot L'Aine, 1812. Full Leather. 318p. A small, light brown full-leatherbound hardcover book in very good condition. The panels are rubbed, and the pages are foxed. Sticker and pen inscription on front endpaper. However, the text is clean and the binding is tight. Written entirely in French. A collection of Catholic sermons for Lent by Jean Baptiste Massillon, the 18th-century Bishop of Clermont and Advent preacher Versailles (in 1699). His sermons were popular for their moral, rather than dogmatic, themes. The spine and panel edges feature gilt decorations. From the page preceding the title page: "Collection des Meilleurs Ouvrages de la Langue Francoise, Dediee aux Amateurs de l'Art Typographique." Measures approx. 7" x 4.
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Price: US$ 80.00 Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd.
- Book number: 142617
- Book number: 142617
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