Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Published from the original French of Sieur Guillet, and translated into English. London: H. Bonwicke, 1705. Sm. 8vo. Orig. panelled calf (rebacked). With 3 fold. engrv. plates, and num. text-illusts. Unpaginated. Printed in double-column. NOTE: Georges Guillet (1624 - 6 April 1705) was a French scholar, writer and actor, also known by his stage name Guillet de Saint-George, which he first took in 1661. In 1705, the 16th French edition (1678) was translated into English and refashioned for an English audience; it was published as The Gentleman's Dictionary.