Love without affectation, in five letters from a Portuguese nun, to a French cavalier. Done into English verse, from the newest edition lately printed at Paris. To which is added, a prefatory discourse of the nature and use of such epistles in general; with the excellency of these in particular; the time when they were written; the reasons why; the true names and circumstances of the persons concern'd in them; and undeniable proofs given of the pretended answers to them, which go under the name of the chevlier Del, being spurious. Never extant before, and communicated to the translator in verse, by unquestionable authorities [electronic resource].
1709
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Love without affectation, in five letters from a Portuguese nun, to a French cavalier. Done into English verse, from the newest edition lately printed at Paris. To which is added, a prefatory discourse of the nature and use of such epistles in general; with the excellency of these in particular; the time when they were written; the reasons why; the true names and circumstances of the persons concern'd in them; and undeniable proofs given of the pretended answers to them, which go under the name of the chevlier Del, being spurious. Never extant before, and communicated to the translator in verse, by unquestionable authorities [electronic resource].
Uniform Title
Lettres portugaises. English
Publication Details
London : printed by H. Meere; and sold by J. Woodward in Threadneedle-Street, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, 1709.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
Description
[10], xiii, [1], 96 p. : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
Anonymous. Now believed to be the work of Lavergne de Guilleragues, but long attributed to Mariana Alcoforado.
The "prefatory discourse" attributes authorship to "Monsieur de Vervac".
Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E3 a fragment with leaves A1-A6 only.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The "prefatory discourse" attributes authorship to "Monsieur de Vervac".
Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E3 a fragment with leaves A1-A6 only.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Foxon, L287
English Short Title Catalog, T75810.
English Short Title Catalog, T75810.
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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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