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Ode sur la solitude

c.1775

Contains miscellaneous short extracts from literary works on diverse subjects

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Dictionaire néologique, à l'usage des beaux esprits du siécle : avec l'Eloge historique de Pantalon-Phoebus

Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745); Bel, Jean-Jacques

1728

Probably actually published in Paris. Cf. the listing of the 1726 (Le Cene?) ed. in Die falschen und fingierten Druckorte / Emil Weller. II, 89.

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Ducatiana : ou, Remarques (v.1)

Le Duchat, Jacob (1658-1735); Formey, Jean-Henri-Samuel (1711-1797)

1738

Paged continuously. "Epitre" signed: Formey.

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Ducatiana : ou, Remarques (v.2)

Le Duchat, Jacob (1658-1735); Formey, Jean-Henri-Samuel (1711-1797)

1738

Paged continuously. "Epitre" signed: Formey.

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Les trois justaucorps, conte bleu, tiré de l'anglois du Révérend Mr. Jonathan Swif [sic]... : Avec Les trois anneaux, nouvelle tirée de Bocace

Macé, René (1752); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745); Macé, René (1752)

1721

"Les trois justaucorps", by René Macé, is an adaptation of Jonathan Swift's "Tale of a tub" Cf. BMC, BN Cat. Publication in Dublin is doubtful. Possibly published in the Hague by T. Johnson. Cf. T...

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Les cinq années littéraires : ou nouvelles littéraires, &c. des années 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751 et 1752 (v.1-2)

Clément, Pierre (1707-1767)

1754

Vol. 1: [2], 16, [12], 302 p.; v. 2: [2], 280, [20] p.; v. 3: [2], 319, [1] p. (last p. blank); v. 4: [2], 296, [20] p. Vol. 1: p.257 misnumbered 357; v.2: p.233 misnumbered 133. Errata: v. 2, p. ...

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Les cinq années littéraires : ou nouvelles littéraires, &c. des années 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751 et 1752 (v.3-4)

Clément, Pierre (1707-1767)

1754

Vol. 1: [2], 16, [12], 302 p.; v. 2: [2], 280, [20] p.; v. 3: [2], 319, [1] p. (last p. blank); v. 4: [2], 296, [20] p. Vol. 1: p.257 misnumbered 357; v.2: p.233 misnumbered 133. Errata: v. 2, p. ...

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Bibliotheque de campagne, ou Amusemens de l'esprit et du coeur (v.1)

Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André

1758-1778

Each vol. has added engraved title-page, engraved with the imprint "Bruxelles, Le Francq, 1785", and is dated 1785 on the spine. Tome 2 is the 4. ed. publ. 1777. Pagination slightly irregular. Pag...

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Bibliotheque de campagne, ou Amusemens de l'esprit et du coeur (v.2)

Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André

1758-1778

Each vol. has added engraved title-page, engraved with the imprint "Bruxelles, Le Francq, 1785", and is dated 1785 on the spine. Tome 2 is the 4. ed. publ. 1777. Pagination slightly irregular. Pag...

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Bibliotheque de campagne, ou Amusemens de l'esprit et du coeur (v.3)

Philippe de Prétot, Étienne André

1758-1778

Each vol. has added engraved title-page, engraved with the imprint "Bruxelles, Le Francq, 1785", and is dated 1785 on the spine. Tome 2 is the 4. ed. publ. 1777. Pagination slightly irregular. Pag...

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