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The works of the Marchioness de Lambert.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ1993.L428 A2 1769 2 v. (v.1-2)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lambert, Anne Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de, 1647-1733.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Penn Provenance:
- Burr, Charles W. (Charles Walts), 1861- (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo)
- Edition:
- A new edition, from the French ...
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for W. Owen, 1769.
- Contents:
- I. Advice of a mother to her son. Advice of a mother to her daughter. A treatise on friendship. A treatise on old age. New reflexions on the fair sex.
- II. Thoughts on taste. Reflexions on riches. Psyche, the Greek name for the soul. Characters of different persons. Dialogue between Alexander and Diogenes, on the equality of worldly benefits. A discourse on the opinion of a certain lady ... that love was allowable in women, even after youth. A discourse on the delicacy of genius and sentiment. A discourse on the difference between reputation and esteem. The female hermit, a novel. Letters to and from different persons.
- Notes:
- Title vignettes; tail-piece (vignette)
- OCLC:
- 6782446
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