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The sighs of France in slavery, breathing after liberty : by way of memorial / done out of French.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection FC65 Si234 Eg689s
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Soupirs de la France esclave, qui aspire après la liberté́. Part 1-2. English.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Persecution--France--Early works to 1800.
- Persecution.
- Church and state--France--Early works to 1800.
- Church and state.
- Huguenots--Early works to 1800.
- Huguenots.
- France--Politics and government--1643-1715.
- France.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 35 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 21 cm (4to)
- Other Title:
- Sighs of France in slavery
- Fingerprint:
- msng heey a-es shle (3) 1689 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for D. Newman ..., 1689.
- Contents:
- I. Memorial, of the first of September, 1689
- II. Memorial, of the fifteenth of September, 1689.
- Notes:
- English translation of the first two "mémoires" of Les Soupirs de la France esclave, qui aspire après la liberté, attributed to Pierre Jurieu and to Michel Le Vassor. Original French ed. published in Amsterdam in 15 "mémoires" dated Sept. 1, 1689-Oct. 1, 1690.
- Title printed within double ruled border.
- "The second memorial" (p. [17]-35) has a special title page, with the same imprint; pagination and signatures continuous.
- Signatures: A-D⁴ E².
- Bookseller's advertisement on p. [36].
- Woodcut head-pieces.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy foliated in ms. ([460]-476). Based on the handwriting, this copy was previously bound with the Culture Class Collection copy of the third and fourth memorial of The sighs of France in slavery, breathing after liberty, with the same imprint (call no. FC65 Si234 Eg689s2).
- Cited in:
- ESTC, R37610
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L1796
- OCLC:
- 7250760
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