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Signed profession of faith by Armand de Lescours Doradour : Meaux, 1685 Dec. 13.

BIB_ID
107987
Accession number
MA 24.5
Display Date
1685 Dec. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.9 cm
Notes
A printed profession of faith in the Catholic Church. The name of Armand de Lescours Doradour is written in the blank space intended for the professor. The document is signed by Doradour, Jacques Bénigne Bossuet ("J. Benigne de Meaux"), and two others.
Part of a collection of letters, manuscripts, and prints related to Bossuet and Fénelon; see collection record (MA 24) for more information.
Prefaced by a note from Eugène Levesque, editor of Bossuet's letters, giving an explanation of the document.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1907.