"Bossuet (jacques-bénigne) - History Of The Variations Of The Protestant Churches. 1734."
BOSSUET (Jacques-Bénigne) - History of the variations of the Protestant churches. Followed by Warnings to Protestants on the letters of Minister Jurieu, against the history of variations. Paris, Chez Guillaume Desprez and Jean Desessarts, 1734; in-12, XL-509 + table + VI-510 + table + table + 364 + table + 318 pp., bindings in full calfskin, spine with 5 ornate raised bands, edges painted red, title labels in red morocco. The 4 volumes. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, author of the famous Oraisons Funèbres, tutor to the Dauphin Louis of France, was best known for his sermons (of which only about a third remain today, 200 out of about 600). Good rare edition with warnings.