Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet - Histoire des variations des Églises protestantes - 1691
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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet’s Histoire des variations des Églises protestantes is a complete four-volume second edition published in Paris in 1691, bound in period leather.
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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704). History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1691, (22) ff., 435 pp., (5) ff. 465 pp., (4) ff. 498 pp., (4) ff. 406 pp. (42) ff. [table]
4 volumes in-12 (170 x 100 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and pagination pieces in red morocco, red edges (bindings from the period). A small defect on the upper part of the spine of volume IV otherwise fine condition of the binding. Small brown stain in the lower corner of the first twenty pages of volume II and in the upper corner of the first pages of volume III. Interior fresh, without foxing.
Second edition; complete in 4 volumes
Bishop of Meaux, theologian and preacher, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet published this major work of religious controversy in 1688. In it he examines the history of the Churches arising from the Reformation, their confessions of faith, and the evolution of their doctrines, in order to defend the permanence of the Catholic tradition against what he presents as the variations of Protestantism.
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Translated by Google TranslateJacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704). History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1691, (22) ff., 435 pp., (5) ff. 465 pp., (4) ff. 498 pp., (4) ff. 406 pp. (42) ff. [table]
4 volumes in-12 (170 x 100 mm), full calf, spine with raised bands ornamented, title and pagination pieces in red morocco, red edges (bindings from the period). A small defect on the upper part of the spine of volume IV otherwise fine condition of the binding. Small brown stain in the lower corner of the first twenty pages of volume II and in the upper corner of the first pages of volume III. Interior fresh, without foxing.
Second edition; complete in 4 volumes
Bishop of Meaux, theologian and preacher, Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet published this major work of religious controversy in 1688. In it he examines the history of the Churches arising from the Reformation, their confessions of faith, and the evolution of their doctrines, in order to defend the permanence of the Catholic tradition against what he presents as the variations of Protestantism.
Seller's Story
Delivery in person possible in Paris
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Number of books
4
Subject
Religion
Book title
Histoire des variations des Églises protestantes
Author/ Illustrator
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1691
Height
17 cm
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
1800
