Les Principes de la Morale et du Gout. Traduits de l'Anglois de M. Pope Par M. du Resnel .... Nouvelle edition, Augmentee de la Boucle de Cheveux Enlevee, Poeme Heroi-Comique. [And] Examen de l'Essay de M.Pope sur l'Homme, Par M. de Crousaz
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A Paris, Chez Briasson..., 1748. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo, 162 x 88 mms., pp. [viii], lvi, [4], 296, 168, contemporary calf, spine ornately gilt in compartments, morocco label; top of spine chipped. With the name "Daureillan" in a contemporary hand on the title-page. Contained in a late 18th or an early 19th century pull-off case (or slipcase) of sheepskin, 173 x 115 mms., gilt border on back and front of case, and within a gilt lozenge the name "Maria Miccioni," spine gilt. An attractive item. These translations of Pope's Essay on Man, Essay on Criticism, and The Rape of the Lock seem to proliferate exponentially after about 1727, when du Resnel's translations were published
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- Les Principes de la Morale et du Gout. Traduits de l'Anglois de M. Pope Par M. du Resnel .... Nouvelle edition, Augmentee de la Boucle de Cheveux Enlevee, Poeme Heroi-Comique. [And] Examen de l'Essay de M.Pope sur l'Homme, Par M. de Crousaz
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