Jean BOUILLET
[IMPRESSION DE MOULINS] Abrégé historique des conciles généraux
[Printed in Moulins- A Historical Abridgement of the General Councils]
Denis Vernoy|Moulins 1703|8.5 x 15 cm|Relié
First edition (see Cioranescu, XVIII, 13 365).
Contemporary full speckled fawn calf, spine with five raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt fleurons, faded gilt roll tooling to the headcaps, a scratch at the head of the spine, gilt fillets to the edges partially faded, corners rubbed, speckled edges; binding of the period.
The sole edition of the author’s only work, written by the prior of Saint-Didier-en-Bourbonnais [Saint-Didier-la-Forêt], about whom little else is known.
A very concise overview of the events of each ecumenical council, from Nicaea I onwards.
€580