BOSSUET (Jacques-Bénigne de)
Oraison funèbre de très-haut, et très-puissant prince Louis de Bourbon prince de Condé, premier prince du sang. Prononcé dans l'Église de Nostre-Dame de Paris le 10 jour de Mars 1687. Paris, Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687. In-4, red jansenist morocco, interior lace, gilt edges (Riviere & Son).
First edition of one of Bossuet's great funeral speeches.
I have just seen a prelate who was at the funeral oration [of the Prince de Condé]. He told us that Monsieur de Meaux had surpassed himself, and that never has such beautiful material been so nobly presented and used (letter from Madame de Sévigné to her cousin Bussy-Rabutin, March 10, 1687).
Very wide margins (H. 250 mm).
Title and last page a little soiled
