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95 - [Jansenism]. [TOURNÉLY (Honoré)]. Secrets of Mr Arnauld’s Pa…
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[Jansenism]. [TOURNÉLY (Honoré)]. Secrets of Mr Arnauld’s Party Recently Uncovered. Third edition. With a note concerning Mr Arnauld’s complaints. N.p., n.p., 1691. [6] folios, 84 pages. – [Bound together] Complaint by Mr Arnauld, Doctor of the Sorbonne, to His Grace the Bishop of Arras. [1] folio, 68 pages. - [And]: Second complaint… to the Reverend Fathers, the Jesuits. 43 pp. - [And]: Third complaint… to His Highness… the Bishop and Prince of Liège. 24 pp. [And]: Letters from the impostor, who, under the name of Mr Arnauld… deceived several theologians in Douai for over a year… 138 pp. [And]: Letters to Mr Arnauld concerning his complaints addressed to His Grace the Bishop of Arras… regarding the Douai affair. 72 pp. – [And]: Reply from Father Payen… to Mr Arnauld’s third complaint… 24 pp. In one in-12 volume, contemporary havana calf, 5-ribbed spine, gilt title, gilt squares, marbled edges (top cap torn off, corners worn, some browning; some marginal notes trimmed by the bookbinder on the 6 folios of the colophon). A collection of 7 documents relating to the Douay Affair, all dated 1691 and without any indication of place or publisher (except for the last, which is undated). Provenance: Jean Tremblot de La Croix (1893–1964), curator at the Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, historian and heraldist; by descent.
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