Amusemens serieux et comiques ... à l'usage de ceux qui veulent aprendre le François, ou l'Anglois. La Haye, chez Isaac Vaillant. 1719. [Amusements serious and comical; or a new Collection of Bon-mots, Keen-Jests, Ingenious Thoughts, Pleasant Tales, and C
by Dufresny,
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
The Hague: Printed for Isaac Vaillant, 1719. Small 8vo., pp. [16], 293, [11], with English and French on facing pages. Rebound in contemporary paperboards with white spine paper and hand-written spine label. Internally crisp and clean with only very minimal foxing and browning. First bilingual edition, also published in the same year in English only. Dufresny dedicates the book to his pupil John Merrill, junior, to whom he was teaching French. Included in the book are 179 jests and sayings, with the English version on the left hand side and the French translation opposite. Attractive red and black title page. OCLC lists three copies only .. First Edition. Very Good.
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- Title
- Amusemens serieux et comiques ... à l'usage de ceux qui veulent aprendre le François, ou l'Anglois. La Haye, chez Isaac Vaillant. 1719. [Amusements serious and comical; or a new Collection of Bon-mots, Keen-Jests, Ingenious Thoughts, Pleasant Tales, and C
- Author
- Dufresny,
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for Isaac Vaillant
- Place of Publication
- The Hague
- Date Published
- 1719
- Keywords
- French Literature, Jokes, History of Humor, Humor, Anecdotes
- Bookseller catalogs
- FRENCH LANGUAGE;
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