SERMONS OF JOHN BAPTIST MASSILLON AND LEWIS BOURDALOUE, TWO CELEBRATED FRENCH PREACHERS. ALSO, A SPIRITUAL PARAPHRASE OF SOME OF THE PSALMS, IN THE FORM OF DEVOUT MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERS
1805 · Hartford
by Massillon, Joh
Hartford: Lincoln & Gleaso, 1805. 310pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Corners bumped, extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown; contemporary ownership inscription on front flyleaf. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Sermons of two 18th-century Catholic priests, renowned for their strong preaching. Translated from the French by the Rev. Abel Flint of Hartford. An unusual New England Catholic item. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 8877. PARSONS 272. (Inventory #: WRCAM45613)