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Jean de LA BRUYERE Les caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec : avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle.

Jean de LA BRUYERE

Les caracteres de Theophraste traduits du grec : avec les caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle.

Chez Etienne Michallet, à Paris 1691, Fort in-12 (9x16,5cm), (32) 587pp. (4), relié.


Sixth edition partly original. It contains 54 new comments from previous editions. Full Sheepskin brown time. Back tooled raised. Part of title in red morocco. Friction. The last cover page was pasted on the privilege. 3 wormholes on the back. The characters were Heather implement a dynamic, constantly in motion. While the first edition puts more value in the translation of Characters of Theophrastus, editions from the 1689 fourth behave very many additions, and the fourth (first edition have been completed) has 764 points against 420 in the first The sixth that we propose will have 997 from the original 420. The sixth edition (1691) provides for the first time a Preferred Characters place by printing his translation of Theophrastus in smaller type and explicitly signing his work: in note 14 of chapter In some uses, it replaces "Geoffroy D by *** "Geoffroy de la Bruyère" alleged ancestor of high birth of the author. --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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