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The Archbishop of Cambray's dissertation on pure love, with an account of the life and writings of the lady, for whose sake the Archbishop was banish'd from court. And the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her religion, also two letters written by one of the lady's maids, during her confinement in the castle of Vicennes, where she was a prisoner eight years: one of the letters was writ with a bit of stick instead of a pen, and soot instead of ink, to her brother; the other to a clergyman. Together with an apologetic preface. Containing divers letters of the Archbishop of Cambray, to the Duke of Burgundy, the present French King's father, and other persons of distinction: also divers letters of the lady to persons of quality, relating to her religious principles. [Five lines of quotation].

Title: The Archbishop of Cambray's dissertation on pure love, [electronic resource] : with an account of the life and writings of the lady, for whose sake the Archbishop was banish'd from court. And the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her religion, also two letters written by one of the lady's maids, during her confinement in the castle of Vicennes, where she was a prisoner eight years: one of the letters was writ with a bit of stick instead of a pen, and soot instead of ink, to her brother; the other to a clergyman. Together with an apologetic preface. Containing divers letters of the Archbishop of Cambray, to the Duke of Burgundy, the present French King's father, and other persons of distinction: also divers letters of the lady to persons of quality, relating to her religious principles. [Five lines of quotation].
Author: Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.
Publication: [Germantown, Pa.] : London: printed, and re-printed by Christophor Sowr [sic] at Germantown, 1750.

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xcvii,[1],120p.; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Eighteenth century collections online.

Alternative Title

Dissertation on pure love
Dissertation on pure love.

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Note

Fénelon's text appears to consist largely of extracts from Les oeuvres spirituelles.
The preface, account of Jeanne Marie Guyon etc. compiled by Josiah Martin, the quaker.
Without the French versions of letters and poems.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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Evans
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania
English Short Title Catalog

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Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642772623
W19461

Author

Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.

Title

The Archbishop of Cambray's dissertation on pure love, [electronic resource] : with an account of the life and writings of the lady, for whose sake the Archbishop was banish'd from court. And the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her religion, also two letters written by one of the lady's maids, during her confinement in the castle of Vicennes, where she was a prisoner eight years: one of the letters was writ with a bit of stick instead of a pen, and soot instead of ink, to her brother; the other to a clergyman. Together with an apologetic preface. Containing divers letters of the Archbishop of Cambray, to the Duke of Burgundy, the present French King's father, and other persons of distinction: also divers letters of the lady to persons of quality, relating to her religious principles. [Five lines of quotation].

Imprint

[Germantown, Pa.] : London: printed, and re-printed by Christophor Sowr [sic] at Germantown, 1750.

Series

Eighteenth century collections online.

Indexed In:

Evans, 6498

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 1174

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, W19461.

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Place of Publication

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Germantown.

United States Pennsylvania Germantown.

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Sower, Christopher, 1695-1758, printer.

Bickerton, Thomas, former owner. MWA

Haines, Reuben, former owner. MWA

Hughes, Rhoda, former owner. MWA

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Dissertation on pure love.

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