BOSSUET, JACQUES BÉNIGNE. Discours sur l'histoire universelle. Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1681. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends and edges worn; minor marginal soiling and a single wormhole penetrating fore-margins on approximately 50 leaves; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION. PMM 157.

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BOSSUET, JACQUES BÉNIGNE. Discours sur l'histoire universelle. Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1681. 4to, contemporary mottled calf gilt, spine ends and edges worn; minor marginal soiling and a single wormhole penetrating fore-margins on approximately 50 leaves; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION. PMM 157.

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"The last noteworthy exercise in that type of universal history which, beginning with St. Augustine, interpreted the course of human history as a continuous manifestation of divine providence leading mankind towards salvation."--PMM 157.

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