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333 - La Luzerne, César-Guillaume de, Bishop of Langres.
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Estimate €120 - €150
Description
La Luzerne, César-Guillaume de, Bishop of Langres. – Instructions on the administration of the sacraments. A work of great use to all members of the clergy, particularly those entrusted with the duties of the holy ministry. Langres, published by Laurent-Bournot, [1817]. In-4, bound in full contemporary calfskin with a smooth spine and a red title label – a small tear to the title label – 906 pp., XXVI pp. (table of contents). Copy printed on bluish paper (except for the final page of the table of contents, which is on white paper and comes from another copy). A new edition of the famous ‘Instructions on the Langres Ritual’, first published in 1786 in Besançon. La Luzerne had presided over the Constituent Assembly from late August 1789 to early October. As Bishop of Langres and a member of the Estates-General, La Luzerne fought against all attacks on the monarchy and religion.
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