Dialogues of the Dead, In Three parts. I. Dialogues of the Ancients. II. The Ancients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French…
by Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer de
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8vo, full leather( calf), spine label, gilt decoration on spine, engraved frontispiece, 1, [1], 209, [1] pp. Joints cracked, and hinges weak, some extremity wear, some aging and browning, but contents generally bright and clean. Fontenelle (1657-1757) was born in Rouen, and was a noted French intellectual that lived almost 100 years. Voltaire described him as having "the most universal mind" of his era. While this work, which was first published in 1683, enjoyed a fair amount of success. His sequel "New Dialogues of the Dead" faired even better. This edition is translated by John Hughes. While the OCLC locates a number of copies, this edition does not show up all that often at auction, and there do not appear to be many copies available. britannica online website.OCLC.
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- Nicholas D. Riccio Rare Books & Prints (US)
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- Title
- Dialogues of the Dead, In Three parts. I. Dialogues of the Ancients. II. The Ancients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French…
- Author
- Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition of this Translation.
- Publisher
- Jacob Tonson,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1708.
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- Literature.
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