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Princess Charlotte Augusta (1796-1817) was the only child of George, Prince of Wales (aftewards George IV), and Caroline of Brunswick. Having been ignored by her father, she angered him by breaking off her engagement to William Prince of Orange in 1814. She married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, May 1816; but died in childbirth, 19 November 1817. Her memorial binding is illustrated on the front cover of this catalogue.
Jane Lead (1623-1704), the author of these tracts, was a mystic, deeply impressed by the revelations of Jacob Boehme. After the death of her husband, she lived in great seclusion in London and experienced almost nightly visions but little attention was paid to her writings until, in about 1693, one of them reached Holland, and was translated into Dutch and German. Francis Lee, a young Oxford scholar, returning through Holland on his travels, was commissioned to seek her out. Once Lee became her adviser, and, indeed, son in law, an influential body of theosophists, styling themselves Philadelphians, gathered round the prophetess. HER WORKS ARE ALL UNCOMMON AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER.
See front cover illustration.
Jane Lead (1623-1704), the author of these tracts, was a mystic, deeply impressed by the revelations of Jacob Boehme. After the death of her husband, she lived in great seclusion in London and experienced almost nightly visions but little attention was paid to her writings until, in about 1693, one of them reached Holland, and was translated into Dutch and German. Francis Lee, a young Oxford scholar, returning through Holland on his travels, was commissioned to seek her out. Once Lee became her adviser, and, indeed, son in law, an influential body of theosophists, styling themselves Philadelphians, gathered round the prophetess. HER WORKS ARE ALL UNCOMMON AND MUCH SOUGHT AFTER.
See front cover illustration.