L'Abbe Claude Fleury

LES MOEURS DES ISRAELITES ET DES CHRE'TIENS

Paris: Jean Mariete, 1720. Hardcover. Full leather. 3 7/8" x 6 5/8". 381p. Book in very good condition. Cover somewhat worn and rubbed. Light staining. Corners bumped. Backed with five raised bands. Decorative gilt on spine still visible as is title. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Some foxing here and there throughout. Otherwise, a clean and tight book in very good condition. All text in French. Item #141368

Claude Fleury (d.1723) was a French ecclesiastical historian. This is one of several works for which he was a noted Catholic authority in the 18th century. The title can be translated as "The Morals of the Israelites and the Christians."

Price: $150.00