Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres, avec un Catalogue raisonné de leurs Ouvrages. Vol. 20

First edition.
Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were redone at the same period, in the early 19th century.
This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: George Abbot; Robert Abbot; Pierre Abelard; Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt; Henri Corneille Agrippa; Joseph Saens d'Aguirre; Louis Alamanni; Pierre Alcyonius; Noel Alexandre; Alexandre Ab Alessandro; Leon Allatius; Prosper Alpini; Ambroise Camaldule; Scipion Ammirato; Guillaume Amontons; Jacques Amyot; Chales Ancillon; David Ancillon; Dominique de Angelis; Michel Angriani; Jean Annius de Viterbe; Joseph Antelmi; Martin Aspilcueta; Antoine Aubery; Jean Aubrtey; Benoît Averani; Antoine Augustin; Vincent Auria; Pierre Ayrault; Benoît Bacchini; Adrien Baillet; Etienne Baluze; Redempt Baranzan; Ermolao Barbaro; Jean Barbier d'Aucourt; Guillaume Barclay; Gabriel Barlette; Jean de Barros; Gaspar Barthius; Gaspar Bartholin; Thomas Bartholin; Jacques Basnage; Henri Basnage de Bauval; Marc Battaglini; Charles-Cesar Baudelot de Dairval; Jean Bauduin; Michel-Antoine Baudran; Gaspar Bauhin; Jean Bauhin; Pierre Bayle; Jean Begat; Laurent Beger; Joachim du Bellay; François de Belleforest; Laurent Bellini; Pierre Bembo; Isaac de Benserade; Nicolas Bergier; Jaques Bernard; Jacques Bernouilli; Jean Beverovicius; Adrien Beverland; Godefroy Bidloo; Emeri Bigot; Flavio Biondo; Guillaume Blanchard; Favid Blondel; Sylvio Bocconi; Lazare-André Bocquillot; Jean Bodin; Jacques Boileau; Etienne du Bois; Gerard du Bois; Jean du Bois; Philippe du Bois; Jean-baptiste Boisot; Jean-Jacques Boissard; Pierre de Boissat; Jean Bonat; Thophile Bonet; Balthazar Bonifacio; Jean-Alphonse Borelli; Olaus Borrichius; Jean Boscager; Jean Boscan; François Bosquet; René le Bossu; Bossuet; Dominique Bouhours; Ismael Boulliaud; Claude Bourdelin; Claude Bourdelin le fils; François Bourdelin; Edme Boursault; Marc-Zuerius Boxhornius; Jacques Bracelli; Tycho Brahé; Barnabé Brisson; Pierre Brissot; Jean Broekhuisen; Pierre le Brun; Jordanus Brunus; Jean de la Bruyere; George Buchanan; Guillaume Budé; Jean Bugenhagen; George Bull; Louis Bulteau; Gilbert Burnet; Guillaume Burton; Samuel Butler; Antoine Bynaeus; Jean Caius; Nicolas Calliachi; Philippe Callimaco Esperiente; Joachim Camerarius; Thomas Campanella; Jean Antoine Campani; Charles du Cange; Guillaume Caoursin; Jerôme Cardan; Facio Cardan; Jean Bat. Cardan; Barthelemi Carranza; Louis carré; Jean de la Casa; Paul Casati; Isaac Casaubon; Meeric Casaubon; Pierre de Casaneuve; Jean Dominique Cassini; Louis Castelvetro; Christophe Cellarius; Conrad Celtes Protucius; Hiacynthe Cestoni; Jean Chpeauville; Gautier Charlton; Pierre Charron; Barthelemi de Chasseneuz... André Chrysostome Zaluski. With the general table of contents.