Paris: Desclée, Lefebvre et Cie, (1903). First Thus. 32mo. 3.5 x 5.375 in. 896 pp. Dark green half-morocco over marbled paper, double-ruled in gilt, and titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt, with two ribbon markers; exquisitely decorated endpapers. Modestly & beautifully illustrated with black & white vignettes. Includes Exercice de la Sainte Messe, Prières pour se Préparer a la Sainte Communion, Discours sur l'Acte d'Abandon a Dieu, Préparation a la Mort, etc., preceding the Méditations. Very near fine. Some sunning to spine, with a trace of edgewear.

A fresh, exquisitely-bound copy of Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet's Meditations on the Gospel.

Price: $150.00