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Discours sur l'histoire universelle
by BOSSUET, [Jacques-Benigne]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: De l'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes de Pierre Didot L'Aine, et de Firmin Didot, 1803. In two volumes. [4], 257, [1]; [4], 283pp, [5]. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces. Lightly rubbed. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscriptions of J. T. Coleridge to title of Vol. I and half-title of Vol. II. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704), French theologian and court preacher to Louis XIV. First printed in 1681, Discours sur l'histoire universelle is regarded by the Roman Catholic Church to be an actualisation and continuation of St. Augustine of Hippo's De Civitate Dei, regarding as it does metaphysical universal history to be the result of the spiritual conflict between God and the forces of evil. Composed for the instruction of his student the Grand Dauphin, the work charts the events which resulted in the formation of the Christian Church, emphasising the longevity of religion over the empires of man. Bossuet concludes that it is the will of the Lord, acted out through divine providence, that pagan civilisations should fall whilst Christian peoples endure. John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), nephew of the Romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, judge, and sometime editor of the Quarterly Review. . Edition stereotype. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ27341
- Title
- Discours sur l'histoire universelle
- Author
- BOSSUET, [Jacques-Benigne]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Edition stereotype
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- De l'Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stereotypes de Pierre Didot L'Aine, et de Firmin Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1803
- Keywords
- Christianity, Religion
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled boards
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...