Dimensions: Engraving only: 16 cm by 9 cm.
Total: 28 cm by 23 cm.
Original engraving from the 18th century, around 1740, fixed on fine paper.
Engraver : Johann Christoph SYSANG (1703-1757).
Usual wear, scattered redness.
In transparency:
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Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (sometimes nicknamed the “Eagle of Meaux”), born September 27, 1627 in Dijon and died April 12, 1704 in Paris, is a man of the Church, Bishop of Meaux, French preacher and writer. Some see him as “perhaps the greatest [orator] the world has known1. "
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet is the son of Bénigne Bossuet, lawyer then deputy attorney general of the Parliament of Burgundy; in 1638, he was appointed advisor to the Parliament of Metz2. His mother is Marguerite Mochet, also from a family of magistrates. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet did his secondary studies at the Jesuit college in Dijon, which gave him a classical education and a taste for ancient languages (learning Greek and Latin). At the age of 15 he came to Paris to continue his studies at the college of Navarre, where his teacher was Nicolas Cornet. There he studied philosophy and theology in depth. Although intended for the priesthood, he rubbed shoulders for some time with a social environment: he appreciated Corneille, he devoted himself to writing precious verses and frequented the Hôtel de Rambouillet.
Ordained sub-deacon in Langres by Sébastien Zamet in 1648, he experienced a religious conversion and abandoned his worldly life. This is the time of his Meditation on the B
