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BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)

Lot 14
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Event locationFrance, Paris
ID 1421774
Lot 14 | BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)
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€ 2 000 – 3 000
BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)
Abrégé de l’Histoire de France. Paris : Desaint & Saillant, 1747.

Charmant exemplaire, en maroquin rouge aux armes de Louis XV, de cette première édition séparée. Elle parut la même année que l’originale, comprise dans les Oeuvres de Bossuet données par l’abbé Péreau, au format in-4 (tomes XI et XII). Tchemerzine, I, pp. 908-909 (ne mentionne pas la présence des faux-titres, notre exemplaire est sinon conforme à sa collation).

4 vol. in-12 (163 x 96 mm). Bandeaux, lettrines et culs de lampe (rares et très légères rousseurs, infimes manques marginaux à quelques feuillets). Reliure de l’époque : maroquin rouge, armes de Louis XV en médaillon au centre des plats (OHR, pl. 2495, fer n°12, petit format), triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs, caissons ornés de fleurs, de pointillés et de roulettes dorées, roulette dorée sur les coupes, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées sur marbrure (discrètes restaurations aux coiffes, légers frottements aux plats de la reliure occasionnant petites épidermures, t. IV : restauration à un caisson et un nerf adjacent).

A charming copy, in contemporary red morocco with the gilt arms of King Louis XV. This is the first separate edition, issued just after the first one included with the rest of Bossuet’s works in quarto format.
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Books, Books and manuscripts
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