BOSSUET Jacques Bénigne Oraison funèbre de très-haut et puissant seigneur messire Michel Le Tellier, chevalier, chancelier de France. Prononcée dans l’église paroissiale de Saint Gervais, où il est inhumé, le 25 janvier 1686.

Tchemerzine-Scheler, I, 851; Verlaque, p. 851.

First edition of Bossuet’s fifth great funeral oration, delivered in the parish church of Saint Gervais, where Le Tellier was buried, on 25 January 1686. Michel Le Tellier, who died in October 1685, was a major figure in the reign of Louis XIV. Appointed Secretary of State for War in 1643, he held several posts, became Commander of the Order of the Holy Spirit and was the principal adviser to Anne of Austria on the death of Mazarin, before being appointed Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals in 1677. A fine copy.