Bossuet : Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture by Bossuet, Jacques

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 498pp paperback, covers marked . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1999.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. CAMBRIDGE : 1999. [ Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. ]. This translation originally published: 1990. Paperback. Translated and edited by Patrick Riley, Blue printed covers. Tight, bright and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. (lxxix), 415 pages. Includes bibliographical references. Index. CONENTS: First Book: Of the principles of human society; Second Bk: On authority: that the royal and hereditary is the most proper for government; Third Bk: In which one begins to explain the nature and the properties of royal authority; Fourth Bk: On the characteristics of royalty (continuation); Fifth Bk: Fourth and final characteristic of royal authority; Sixth Bk: duties of subjects toward the prince, based on the preceding doctrine; Seventh Bk: On the particular duties of royalty; Eighth Bk: particular duties of royalty,… Read More

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography

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Paperback / softback. New. This 1991 book was the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707 when the power and glory of the French ancien regime was at its zenith. Riley provides a chronology, bibliography and a lucid introduction thus placing Bossuet in his historical and intellectual context.

Cambridge University Press, 1999-07-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!