MASSILLON, Jean B.

Pensees sur Differents Sujets de Morale et de Piete tirees des Ouvrages.

Paris: Herissant, 1762.

Thick 12mo, period mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands, leather spine labels. Pari: Herissant et al, 1762

Voltaire kept Massillon's writings on his desk constantly as a model of style, saying of him, "the preacher who best understood the world, whose eloquence savoured of the courtier, the academician, the wit, and the philosopher."

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good(+)
Language: French

Price: $300.00

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