Jacques Bengine Bossuet (1 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). Bossuet's interesting history of the humankind, illustrated with a frontispiece and in the original Fenech. In the original French.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Jacques-Benigne Bossuet's important 'Speech of Universal History', a theological and philosophical exploration of the world. Looking through a religious lens the author explores humankind and the rise and falls of empires.Bossuet was a Roman Catholic Bishop, court preacher to Louis XIV and tutor to the Grand Dauphin.Half-title is present.Bookplate of Jolliffe to the front paste down. In a full mottled calf binding. Externally, with rubbing to the joints and extremities. A small amount of loss to the head of the spine and front joint. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Good. book.