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1852362395Tours : Mame & Cie Bibliothèque des Ecoles Chrétiennes 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. New edition. An exquisite copy; elaborately gilt-tooled period binding over cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 217p. Subjects: Religious practices. Genre: Religion. Language: French. Tours : Mame & Cie Bibliothèque des Ecoles Chrétiennes hardcover
181040338Lyon: De l'Imprimerie de Ballanche Père et Fils 1810. Nouvelle Edition New edition. Hardcover. f to g. Octavo 5 1/4 x 8". Original full calf rebacked with modern burgundy cloth. Paper edges marbled. Modern endpapers. <br /> <br /> Originally published in two separate books "Moeurs des Israélites" 1681 and Moeurs des Chrétiens" 1682 "Moeurs des Israélites et des Chrétiens" is a comparison of Jewish and Christian practices by Abbé Claude Fleury 1640-1723 a leading French cleric and the confessor to Louis XV. The vast majority of Fleury's section on Judaism deals with biblical Israel with a brief discussion at the end as to how post biblical Judaism degenerated into Pharisees Sadducees and Essenes before moving on to Christianity which Fleury saw as the true heir to the biblical religion. <br /> <br /> Heavy rubbing to the original covers. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the Abbé Claude Fleury missing. Upper right part of page 83/84 chipped. Light water-staining to lower half of pages throughout. Text in French. Binding in overall good- interior in fair to good condition. De l'Imprimerie de Ballanche Père et Fils hardcover