Pensees sur Differents Sujets de Morale et de Piete tirees des Ouvrages
hardcover
1762 · Paris
by MASSILLON, Jean B.
Paris: Herissant, 1762. hardcover. very good(+). Thick 12mo, period mottled calf, gilt spine, raised bands, leather spine labels. Pari: Herissant et al, 1762 Voltaire kept Massillon's writings on his desk constantly as a model of style, saying of him, "the preacher who best understood the world, whose eloquence savoured of the courtier, the academician, the wit, and the philosopher." (Inventory #: 244043)