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BELLIER & FIERFORT Commissaires de Justice associés
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[America - CHAMPION (Pierre) & TOUSSAINT DINOUART (Joseph-An…
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[America - CHAMPION (Pierre) & TOUSSAINT DINOUART (Joseph-An…
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Estimate €40 - €50
Voluntary lot
Description
[America - CHAMPION (Pierre) & TOUSSAINT DINOUART (Joseph-Antoine). Vie du vénérable Dom Jean de Palafox, évêque d'Angélopolis, et ensuite évêque d'Osme, dédiée à Sa Majesté Catholique. Cologne and found in Paris, Nyon, 1767.
In-8 marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Headbands torn, spines split, leather missing.
Portrait in frontispiece and 3 figures by Gravelot engraved out of text. Ex-libris of the château de Sassy. Some brown spots.
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600-1659) was bishop of Puebla and viceroy of New Spain in 1642. A defender of the Indians against Spanish abuses, he opposed the Jesuits, whom he had temporarily banned. A great patron of the arts, he developed education and music in Puebla, founding the Palafoxiana Library. After political conflicts, he was transferred to Osma in Spain. Beatified in 2011, he left a significant body of written work.
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