Jean-Pierre Camus - Homélies dominicales - 1636

Jean-Pierre Camus (1584-1652). Dominical Homilies. Lyon, Simon Rigaud, 1636, (8) ff., 496 pp.

A 12mo volume (170x110 mm), full basane, spine with raised bands ornate, red morocco title-piece, speckled edges (binding of the period). Wear, rubbing and epidermures on the boards, small loss at the head cap. Interior fresh.

New enlarged edition of sermons dealing with the dignities and ceremonies of the Church, pertinent to all parish priests and vicars.

Jean-Pierre Camus, Bishop of Belley, was notably close to St. Francis de Sales. The Dominical Homilies are intended to explain the Gospel texts read on Sundays throughout the liturgical year.