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Lettres de monseigneur Antoine Girard, evesque de Poitiers : à diferentes personnes qu'il conduisait : manuscript
Title
Lettres de monseigneur Antoine Girard, evesque de Poitiers : à diferentes personnes qu'il conduisait : manuscript.
Created
France, between 1702 and 1739.
Physical Description
1 volume (circa 300 pages) ; 15 cm
Language
French
Notes
Title from head of text.
Seven pages of prayers in a different contemporary hand at the end of the volume.
Binding: contemporary full black morocco, short title in gilt on spine: "Lettres de M. Girard." Edges gilt.
In French.
Provenance
Purchased from Chancery Hill Books and Antiques on the Herman W. Liebert Fund, 2015.
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This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Antoine Girard de la Bournat (1656-1702) was a French priest who was appointed to direct the education of Louis-Alexandre, comte de Toulouse by Louis XIV. He was named, successively, Bishop of Toul (1697) and Bishop of Boulogne and Poitiers (both in 1698). He died in 1702.
Summary
Manuscript copy, in a single cursive hand, of fifty letters of religious advice from Antoine Girard to various recipients. Many of the letters are addressed to an unnamed "ma chere fille" and offer guidance on the spiritual life. The letters are followed by several excerpts from Girard's writings.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 17, 2017
References
Antoine Girard de La Bournat, Lettres de Monseigneur Girard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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Antoine Girard de La Bournat, Lettres de Monseigneur Girard. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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