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<p>12mo. (40), 256 pp including engraved plate, 24 pp, plus two engraved frontispiece portraits. 18th century boards. “Christina Louisa...1700”. Second edition (first, 1681) of the first German translation of this highly popular account of the royal mistress-turned-penitent nun, published and widely circulated during her lifetime. The French original appeared in 1680 and is relatively common; its rapid translation here attests to de la Vallière's scandalous notoriety. This pocket German edition is very rare (no copy in German libraries, according to VD17) and is prefaced by a charming pair of portraits bound face-to-face: Madame de la Vallière as a coiffured courtesan, captioned ‘Sinner’, faces Sister Louise de la Miséricorde, the ‘Penitent’, dressed in a modest nun’s habit
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de la Vallière, Louise F. (Louise Françoise) [de la Miséricorde, Louise] ; Krämer, Matthias [trans.]</div>
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