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607. Philarete, S. Em., Mgr.
Choix de Sermons et Discours de S. Mgr. De Philarete.

[Selection of Sermons and Speeches by S. Em. Monsignor Philarete]. Text in French, translated from the Russian by A. Serpinet for the second edition. Full red morocco, gilt inner dentelles, marbeled endpapers, all edges gilt. GILT ROMANOV COAT-OF-ARMS on cover of volume 3. Bookplate of Alexander II (1818-1881, Tsar 1855-1881) inside front cover of all three volumes.; bookplate of India Early Minshall on front endpaper vols. 1 and 3; printed label "Russian Imperial Exhibit" on front fly-leaf of all three vols.

Sur blanc frontispiece engraving of Monsignor Philarete in vol. 1. Philarete was a member of the Holy Synod of Russia.

Provenance: Russian Imperial Family, presumably Alexander II; India Early Minshall Russian Collection.

E. Dentu Paris 1866 Second edition

octavo

200/400     SOLD: $333.50

Condition: Very Good