C.-G. de La Luzerne - Explication des Évangiles des dimanches, et de quelques-unes des principales fêtes de l'année - 1807

César-Guillaume de La Luzerne – Explanation of the Gospels – 1807 – 5 volumes – Full leather bindings of the period

Author: César-Guillaume de La Luzerne (1738–1821), former Bishop of Langres
Title: Explication des Évangiles des dimanches, et de quelques-unes des principales fêtes de l'année
Edition: New edition, revised and corrected
Publisher: Savy, bookseller, grande rue Mercière, no. 18
Place of publication: Lyon, France
Year of publication: 1807
Language: French
Number of volumes: 5 (volumes I to V)
Binding: Full brown leather of the period, spines adorned with gilt motifs and title and volume-number pieces.

Description

Fine old set comprising the five volumes of the work Explication des Évangiles, written by César-Guillaume de La Luzerne, bishop of Langres, a French religious figure and intellectual of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Published in Lyon in 1807 by Savy, this set belongs to a new edition revised and corrected.

The five volumes present their old full brown leather bindings, with gilded decorations on the backs, dark title pieces bearing the inscription “Explication des Évangiles” and volume-number pieces numbered 1 to 5.

Interesting peculiarity: the five volumes bear an identical old handwritten signature, presumably “Costemal” or “Costemalle,” indicating a common provenance. The signer's identity is not established.

These works constitute a fine testimony to French religious publishing under the First Empire.

Condition

Old set showing normal signs of use and aging:

- Scuffing and patina on the leather bindings.
- Wear visible at the headcaps, corners, and ends of the spines.
- Some small losses and alterations to the title pieces.
- Gold decorations still visible.
- Old handwritten signatures present in all five volumes.
- Possible foxing and browning related to age.

The five volumes are dated 1807 and feature a uniform binding.

Set preserved in its old state, with no declared restoration.

A beautiful set of religious bibliophilia of more than two centuries, of interest to collectors of old books, religious history, and bindings of the First Empire.

Sale of the five volumes as a set, in accordance with the photographs.