Lot n° 359
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Jacques Benigne BOSSUET, Bishop of Meaux. Sermon for the Pro - Lot 359
Jacques Benigne BOSSUET, Bishop of Meaux. Sermon for the Profession of Mme de la Vallière Duchesse de Vaujour. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1676 [1930]. In-4, 28 pages, first 2 and last 2 blank leaves, black morocco, first cover decorated with flowers in colored leather, snakeskin, gilt head. Very rare edition, unknown to bibliographers, produced in the 1930s of this famous sermon by Bossuet, illustrated with 10 original erotic etchings printed outside the text on laid paper, in the style of John Arden's engravings. Limited edition of 90 copies, one of 80 on Arches. Joint: Le Sire de CHAMBLEY. La Légende des sexes, hysterical poems, circa 1950. In-4 paperback, 141pages. Some foxing. (2 volumes in all)
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