Bossuet — Oraisons Funebres Et Panegyriques

Paris, Librairie Garnier Freres, c1900. Leather. A two volume set of this collection of prayers, speeches and panegyrics for funerals from French bishop Bossuet, in the original French. French. Complete in two volumes. New edition, following the text of the Versailles edition. A collection of orations and panegyrics for funerals, improved and enriched with details from the most recent works on these subjects. Written by Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, a French bishop and theologian considered one of the best orators in the French language, renowned for his speeches and sermons. Bound in quarter mottled calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .