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A curious Jesuitical letter, said to be written by Cardinal Richelieu.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online II (ECCO) Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Statesmen--France--Biography--Early works to 1800.
Statesmen.
France--History--18th century.
France.
Genre:
Letters.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet )
Place of Publication:
[Deptford] : Printed and sold at the Kent Printing-Office, Deptford Bridge, [1795?]
Notes:
The attribution is probably facetious.
The letter is headed: 'To the ambassador of France at Rome'.
Signed and dated at foot: Richelieu. Paris, 31st, Nov. 1638.
Printed in two columns.
If read across the columns, the text appears to be a letter of recommendation for a Mons. Campy; if the first column alone is read, it proves to be the opposite.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T190319.
OCLC:
509481492

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