1727 Conference Avec M. Claude Ministre de Charenton, Sur la Matiere de L'Eglise

I saw this at an auction and I thought someone might like the pretty French armorial binding. It is missing its title page. I matched the typography, privilege, etc. to a scanned copy hosted on Google Books. It is a 1727 edition, the third edition. It is a conference with Mr. Claude, minister of Charenton, concerning the authority of the church (written by James Benigne Bossuet). Claude was a protestant, and best known for opposing a merger of the Catholic and Protestant Church.

The second half of the book is reflections on the writing of M. Claude. The book is printed in French.

Physical Attributes -

Measures approx. 16 x 9 x 3 cm. Leather binding. Armorial plate at center of front board, framed by a roll of double gilt fillet and roll of leaves. Spine with five raised bands; five compartments with a central gilt floret, one compartment with the title in gilt. Page edges red. Pages - 356

Condition -

See pictures. Missing title page. Binding with wear; some cracking at joints, some edge and corner wear, some rubs. Some crazing to leather. Library ticket on pastedown. Impression of W.J. McGinnis, Appleton, Wis.. on flyleaf and binders endpaper. Numerous bibliographic marks on verso of flyleaf and binder's leaf. No title page. Some toning, occasional foxing, spot, thumb, page-edge chip, etc. throughout. Pages 55-130 dog-eared at bottom corner. No rear flyleaf. Ink mark at top of last two printed pages. some cracks at gutter of last printed page.