BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne. Lettres de piété et de direction é - Lot 115

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BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne. Lettres de piété et de direction é - Lot 115
BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne. Lettres de piété et de direction écrites à sa sœur Cornuau par Bossuet suivies de Traité de la concupiscence par le même et précédées d'une préface par M. Silvestre de Sacy, membre de l'Académie françoise. Paris, J. Techener, 1857. 2 volumes, in-16, red half morocco, spines decorated with gilt fleurons, speckled edges. C - 399 ; 470 pages. Some leaves slightly yellowed at the margins. A fine edition of Bossuet's letters and treatises on subjects as varied as outward devotional behavior, charity, the conduct of prelates, the mystery of predestination, and more. Bossuet confides his doubts and convictions about his ministry to his sister, Mme de Cornuau. Letters preceded by a preface by Samuel Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, journalist and literary critic, curator of the Bibliothèque Mazarine. Beautiful morocco bindings, in very good condition.
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