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BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)

Lot 2
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
ID 1421905
Lot 2 | BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)
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€ 3 000 – 4 000
BOSSUET, Jacques-Bénigne (1627-1704)
Divers écrits ou mémoires sur le livre intitulé "Explication des maximes des saints"...Paris : Jean Anisson, 1698.

Exemplaire de Bossuet, auteur de l’ouvrage, relié en maroquin à ses armes. Brunet, I, col. 1137-1138 (exemplaire cité).

In-8 (189 x 117 mm). Quelques brunissures et taches ; feuillet B2 rogné court en marge inférieure, les 5 derniers feuillets de l’avertissement ont été remontés. Reliure de l’époque : maroquin rouge, armes de Bossuet au centre des plats, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs et caissons ornés, roulette dorée sur les coupes, gardes de papier marbré, tranches dorées sur marbrure (quelques frottements aux coins et à un nerf, quelques accrocs aux plats).

Provenance : Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704 ; reliure aux armes) -- signature d’une main du début du XVIIIe siècle, au verso de la dernière garde, cancellée -- Édouard Rahir (1862-1924 ; ex-libris, sa vente, IV, n°978) -- Lucien Graux (1878-1944 ; ex-libris, sa vente, 26 janvier 1957, lot n°11).

The author’s personal copy, bound in contemporary red morocco with his gilt arms stamped on the boards. From the Rahir and Lucien Graux collections.
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Books, Books and manuscripts
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