⚠The text on this page is extremely faded, appearing as a 'ghost' print. There is also significant mirrored show-through from the reverse side of the leaf, which has been ignored in this transcription. The modern library stamp is clearly legible.

JACQUES-BÉNIGNE BOSSUET,

BISHOP OF MEAUX, original: "Mealdensis," the Latin designation for Meaux, France, where Bossuet served as bishop.

FORMER TUTOR TO THE

SERENE ROYAL DAUPHIN, The "Dauphin" was the title held by the heir apparent to the French throne. Bossuet famously tutored the son of Louis XIV.

A CREED,

EXPOSITION

OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE

CONCERNING THOSE MATTERS IN WHICH CHRISTIANS

DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER.

In the center of the page are two faint, circular institutional stamps, now largely illegible due to fading. Such stamps usually indicate the book's history within various library collections.

AVIGNON,

AT THE EXPENSE OF PIERRE GALLIARD AND ASSOCIATE.

1783.

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