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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 banished from Court. And the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her Religion. Also two letters in French and English, written by one of the Lady's maids, during her confinement in the Castle of Vincennes... Together with, an apologetic preface containing divers letters of the Archbishop of Cambray ... also, Divers letters of the Lady to persons of quality, relating to her religious principles

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Title: 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 banished from Court. And the grievous persecutions she suffer'd in France for her Religion. Also two letters in French and English, written by one of the Lady's maids, during her confinement in the Castle of Vincennes... Together with, an apologetic preface containing divers letters of the Archbishop of Cambray ... also, Divers letters of the Lady to persons of quality, relating to her religious principles

Other titles: Doctrine de l'amour pur; Dissertation on pure love

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Classmark: BC Lt/FEN

Creator(s): Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715)

Additional creator(s): Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Motte (1648-1717) (Other); Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe- (1651-1715) (Other); Martin, Josiah (1683-1747) (Other); Hinde, Luke (Other)

Related people: Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Motte, 1648-1717; Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvières de la Motte; Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe-; Martin, Josiah; Hinde, Luke

Publisher: printed and sold by Luke Hinde

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1750

Language: English

Size and medium: 272p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/283001

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001651529705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

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The authorship of the work is disputed.


The text appears to consist largely of extracts from Les oeuvres spirituelles, edited by Fénélon's nephew, Antwerp, 1718.


The account of the life of the Lady Guyon includes French and English texts of three poems by her.


The 'Lady' is Jeanne Marie Guyon.


Paper: watermarked: fleur-de-lis/IV?.


Edited and translated by Josiah Martin, according to Smith (ii, 151).

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Front-cover stamp of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow

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