Lettres sur les Anglois et les François, et sur les voyages. Second edition. A laquelle on a joint, l?Apologie du caractére anglois & françois, avec la défense de la VIe satire de Boileau, & justifications du bel-esprit François.

(MURALT, Béat Louis de.)

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Cologne [= Zürich], 1727. 12mo. (12),+ 430 pp. Stain in beginning and at the end. minor spotting, p. 96 with old paper repair and 365-366 with tear in lower margin. Contemporary half calf, gilt spine with raised bands and beige label, red edges. From the library of Fredrik von Frisendorff, with book plate and stamp. VD18 10842004. A reprint. The first edition was published in 1725 and it was quickly expanded in new editions. It is one of the earliest comparative studies of English and French customs and usage, published for a Swiss audience. Béat Louis de Muralt (1665-1749) Swiss learned and important for the Swiss enlightenment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lettres sur les Anglois et les François, et sur les voyages. Second edition. A laquelle on a joint, l?Apologie du caractére anglois & françois, avec la défense de la VIe satire de Boileau, & justifications du bel-esprit François.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Hardcover / Hardback