REFLEXIONS UPON RIDICULE; or, what it is that make a man ridiculous; and the means to avoid it. Wherein are represented the different manners and characters of persons of the present age ; Of unpoliteness. Indiscretion. Affectation. Foolish vanity. The bad taste. Imposture [etc].

[BELLEGARDE, Jean Baptiste Morvan, abbé de.]

Published by London: printed for Tho. Newborough at the Golden-Ball D. Midwinter at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard and Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1707

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8vo, pp. [xvi], 390, [18] index; in modern marbled wrappers. Second edition in English of the Abbé de Bellegarde's Refléxions sur le ridicule (1696): the first edition had been the previous year. This book and its translation into English should be considered as part of the movement for the reformation of manners beginning at around the turn of the century.

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• Title: REFLEXIONS UPON RIDICULE; or, what it is that make a man ridiculous; and the means to avoid it. Wherein are represented the different manners and characters of persons of the present age ; Of unpoliteness. Indiscretion. Affectation. Foolish vanity. The bad taste. Imposture [etc].
• Publisher: London: printed for Tho. Newborough at the Golden-Ball D. Midwinter at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard and Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet
• Publication Date: 1707
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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