DESLYONS, Jean

Ecclesiastical speeches against the paganism of the kings of the bean and the roy-boit Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1664 DISCOURSE AGAINST THE PANTAGRUELIAN BANQUETS OF THE EPIPHANY ORIGINAL EDITION 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12 (138 x 80 mm). Initials and woodcuts. Non-continuous pagination COLLATION : ã4 e12 i12 o4 A-B12 C8 2A-B12 C8 (Without the last blank sheet C8) CONTENTS : a1r : title page, a2r : text, 2A1r : Second speech for the reformation of the festivities BINDING OF THE XVIIIth CENTURY. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, spine decorated with apparent titling, gilt edges PROVENANCE: Jean-Thomas Aubry (1714-1785; ex-libris) Jean Deslyons (1615-1700) was one of those theologians who wished to remain in the third party, between that of Port-Royal and that of the Jesuits and Molinists. He wished to reconcile the very divergent points of view and was in return accused of being soft. His activity was also focused on the cathedral of Senlis of which he was dean. There he delivered "scandalous" sermons in which he invited his congregation to beware of rosaries and Marian representations. Abbé Aubry (1715-1785), parish priest of Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, had an incomparable collection of natural history, including naturalized birds from all over the world. His bookplate was composed by François-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800), the great naturalist who assisted Buffon. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Brunet, III, 1255 -- Guillaume-François de Bure, Bibliographie instructive, volume de théologie, p. 293, n° 439 -- Anthony Mac Kenna, Dictionnaire de Port-Royal, p. 328 WEBOGRAPHY : https://bibale.irht.cnrs.fr/29540