Explanations of the Sunday Gospels. C.-G. of alfalfa. 1807. At Savy's. Volume 1, 4 and 5. Religious heritage. Pious book.

Explanations of the Sunday Gospels, and some of the main festivals of the year.
C.G. DE LA LUZERNE, former Bishop of Langres.
New edition, revised and corrected.
In Lyon.Chez Savy, bookseller.
1807.
Volume 1, 4 and 5.

Porphyry marbled cardboard binding. (see photos)
Leather nerve back with gilding and title engraved in gold. (see photos).
Counterplate, head slice, tail slice and gutter slice ornate. (see photos)
Very clean interior (see photos)

Volume 1: 399 p.
Green silk bookmark ribbon detached.
Nice, corners and edges lightly rubbed (see photos).
Slight lack in head cap (see photos).
Split head cap (1.5 cm) at the junction of the 4th flat (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.
Lightly rubbed slices and corners (see photos).
Small reddish spots p. 348 - 393 -401.
pp. 13-16, 17-20 and 25-32 uncut.

Volume 5: 442 p.
Green silk bookmark ribbon.
Slices, corners and rubbed caps (see photos).
Vertical lack (3cm x 5 mm) at the bottom of the false title page, (see photos).
corners p.35,79,121 and 273.

French clergyman and statesman, César-Guillaume DE LA LUZERNE (1738-1821) participated in parliament in 1772 and pronounced at Notre Dame the funeral oration of LOUIS XV.
Elected deputy of the clergy to the ESTATES GENERAL on March 27, 1789, he had offered half of his income to the relief of the state in January of the same year. At his ESTATES GENERAL, he advocated the establishment of a representative system close to a limited monarchy rather than a parliamentary monarchy.
Later refusing to take an oath to the civil constitution of the clergy, he was indicted early in 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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