Five love-letters from a nun to a chevalier, with the cavalier's answers. To which is annex'd, The art of love, a poem, in two books, dedicated to the ladies by Mr. Charles Hopkins.

All titles

• Five love-letters from a nun to a chevalier, with the cavalier's answers. To which is annex'd, The art of love, a poem, in two books, dedicated to the ladies by Mr. Charles Hopkins.
• Lettres portugaises. English
• Art of love.

People / Organizations

• Wellington at ("printed for")
• Gabriel Joseph de Lavergne Guilleragues (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for R. Wellington at the Dolphin and Crown, the West-End of St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1714. Lately Publish'd. The Works of Mr. Nathaniel Lee, in 2 Vols 8vo, viz. Vol. the 1st, Theodotius, or the Force of Love, Sophonisha, Nero, Gloriana, Rival Queens, Princess of Cleve, Mithridates King of Pontus. Vol. the 2d, Caesar, Borgia, Lucius Brutus, Constantine, Oedipus-Duke of Guise, Massacre of Paris, [1714]

Publication year

1714-1714

ESTC No.

T73382

Grub Street ID

296639

Description

[2],92;[6],98;[6],44p. ; 8⁰

Note

Anonymous. Now believed to be the work of Lavergne de Guilleragues, but long attributed to Marianna Alcoforado.

Supposed to have been addressed to the Marquis de Chamilly." (NUC).

Translated into English by Roger L'Estrange.

'Five love-letters written by a chevalier' has a separate titlepage; the half-title attributes these letters to a pseudonymous Chevalier Del.

Uncontrolled note

P.87 misnumbered 78 in 'The art'