[Rarebooks] FS: 1782 Edition of Famous French Funeral Orations of Flechier and Bossuet

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“Recueil des Oraisons Funebres, Prononces par messire Esprit Flechier, 
Eveque de Nismes (et) Recueil des Oraisons Funebres, Prononces par 
messire Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, Eveque de Meaux”

By Esprit Flechier & Jacques-Benigne Bossuet.
Printed in Nimes by Chez Pierre Beaume in 1782. Corrected Edition.

An important collection of the best 17th century French funeral orations 
by Esprit Flechier (1632-1710), Bishop of Nimes and Jacques-Benigne 
Bossuet (1627-1704) Bishop of Meaux. Flechier may be best remembered for 
his account of the "curious" Claremont Assizes of 1665, when Louis XIV 
brought his Auvergne nobles to heel, and which Flechier recorded for 
posterity. He was also a poet and historical author, but he was best 
known in his own time for his funeral orations which have been described 
as ingenious and often even witty. Bossuet, a child prodigy and an 
extremely important theological writer and theorist, was also simply the 
best orator in 17th century France, and he created the form of the 
"Orasion Funebres" of which he was undisputed master, not even rivaled 
by Flechier.

Hardcover. 5"x8", cxxxvi + 209 + 321 [2] pages, with several nice 
decorated head and tailpieces; bound in full period mottled calf, with 
marbled endpapers. Covers somewhat soiled and worn, especially the spine 
which is flaking a bit, hinges cracked along the outer leather, but 
still tight. A little internal soil and a bit of toning. [382/38594]  
$65 net

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