ABBÉ FLEURY Abbé Claude FLEURY, Mœurs des israélites et des chrétiens, chez Pierre-Jean Mariette, Paris 1745, in-12, (2) 384pp, bound. New edition, after the original published in 1681; this book is known to have undergone many editions. Handwritten bookplate Auguste Faure, 1810. Bound in full Empire brown speckled calf. Smooth spine decorated with gilded floral motifs, beige calf title-piece. All edges marbled. Calf a little rubbed in places. Famous work by jurist, ecclesiastical historian and abbé Claude Fleury. He was appointed by Louis XIV as tutor to the Dukes of Burgundy, Berry and Anjou, as well as confessor to the young Louis XV. In this famous text, first published in 1680 with Bossuet's approval and reprinted many times until the 19th century, Abbé Fleury (1640-1723), tutor to Louis XIV's grandsons, confessor to Louis XV and member of the Académie Française, extolled the virtues of the Old Testament Jews as an example for the Christians of his time.