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Explanations of the Sunday Gospels, and of some of the principal feasts of the year.
C.G. DE LA LUZERNE, former Bishop of Langres.
New edition, revised and corrected.
In Lyon. At Savy, bookseller.
1807.
Volume 1, 4 and 5.
Marbled porphyry hardback binding. (see photos)
Leather raised spine with gilding and gilt engraved title. (see photos).
Contreplat, slice of head, slice of tail and slice of gutter decorated. (see photos)
Very clean interior (see photos)
Volume 1: 399 p.
Detached silk green bookmark ribbon.
Headdress, corners and edges slightly rubbed (see photos).
Slight lack of head cover (see photos).
Split head cover (1.5 cm) at the junction of the 4th dish (see photos).
Slight vertical lack out of text p. 221.
P. 51 cornea.
Volume 4: 412 p.
Absence of the green silk bookmark ribbon.
Junction of the bit and 1st flat split on 1.5 cm at the bottom.
Slightly rubbed edges and corners (see photos).
Small reddish spots p. 348 - 393 -401.
P. 13 to 16, 17 to 20 and 25 to 32 uncut.
Volume 5: 442 p.
Silk green bookmark ribbon.
Edges, corners and caps rubbed (see photos).
Vertical lack (3cm x 5 mm) at the bottom of the false title page, (see photos).
Dog-eared corners p.35,79,121 and 273.
French clergyman and statesman, César-Guillaume DE LA LUZERNE (1738-1821) took part in parliament in 1772 and pronounced the funeral oration of LOUIS XV at Notre Dame.
Elected deputy of the clergy to the STATES GENERAL on March 27, 1789, he had offered half his income to the relief of the State in January of the same year. During his STATES GENERAL, he defended the establishment of a representative system close to a limited monarchy rather than a parliamentary monarchy.
Refusing later to take the oath to the civil constitution of the clergy, he was charged at the beginning of 1791 and lost his bishopric.
After emigrating to Switzerland, he returned to France in 1814 after the fall of Napoleon.
In 1817, during the restoration, the king appointed him Minister of State.
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