Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704) – French preacher at the court of Louis XIV
Adm. R. Patris Ludovici Bourdaloue Soc. Jesu weyland Königlichen Französischen Hof-Predigers Auserlesene Lehr- und Geistreiche Advent- und Fastenpredigten
Printed by Johann Paul Krauß in Vienna, 1749
Lent sermon by the preacher active at the court of Louis XIV
Appealing portrait copper and woodcut vignette at the end
Original brown calf leather over wooden boards
Dimensions of folio volume: 34 x 23 x 6,5 cm
Complete and well-preserved edition of the sermons by the master of rhetoric

Later Vienna edition of the Lent sermons by the court preacher of Louis XIV Louis. Bourdaloue (1632-1704) was French Jesuit and preacher. In his days he was regarded the 'king among the preachers and the preacher of the kings'. His reputation led to a call to the court of the Sun King Louis XIV. His circuitous sermons captivated the entire royal household. His voice is said to have been 'loves and full of comeliness', so he must have been a first class rhetorician.

Illustration

Gothic type in two columns. A full-page portrait copper as frontispiece. Woodcut vignette at the end. Dimensions of leaves: 33 x 21 cm, text area: 28 x 14 cm.

Collation

1 portrait leaf, 1 title leaf, 8 leaves survey of sermons. Column collation – 1.392 columns/4 = 348 leaves. Presumably complete.

Condition

In very good condition without defective spots or tears. Paper browned and foxed in places. As of column 240 with consistent water staining in upper margin.

Binding

Original binding with brown calf leather over wooden boards. Five raised bands. Two clasps of which one just in fragments. In good condition with traces of use. Boards stained, rubbed and scraped. Edges and corners slightly scuffed in places. Top of front boards with defective spot in leather. Joints rubbed. Front joint burst at top. Spine with small blemishes. Dimensions of folio volume: 34 x 23 x 6.5 cm.

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