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The characters, or, The manners of the age / by Monsieur de La Bruyère ... ; made English by several hands ; with the characters of Theophrastus translated from the Greek, and a prefatory discourse to them by Monsieur de La Bruyère ; to which is added, a key to his Characters.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- La Bruyère, Jean de, 1645-1696.
- Standardized Title:
- Caractères. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Characters and characteristics.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 2)
- Haygard, Thomas (autograph) (copy 2)
- Church, Roger (autograph) (copy 2)
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages, 288, 291-451 pages, 30 unnumbered pages, 5-45 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Fingerprint:
- ndH3 u-e. orto wove (3) 1699 (R)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for John Bullord, and sold by Matt. Gilliflower ..., Ben. Tooke ..., Christopher Bateman ..., and Richard Parker ..., booksellers, MDCLXXXXIX [1699]
- Notes:
- Signatures: A-2K⁸ 2L⁶.
- The first leaf is blank.
- Leaves B1 and B2 unsigned.
- "The moral characters of Theophrastus" has special dated title leaf which reads: The moral characters of Theophrastus. Made English from the Greek. With a prefatory discourse concerning Theophrastus, from the French of Monsr De La Bruyere. London, Printed in the year, 1698.
- Titles each within border of double rules.
- Printed marginalia.
- Errata on leaf A8v.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy 1 imperfect: title leaf wanting.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 has early autograph ("Thomas Haygard") on leaf A1v; early autograph ("Roger Church") struck through on back pastedown; imprint date transcribed in ms. Arabic numerals in pencil at head of title leaf; ms. pagination statement in pencil on back pastedown.
- Penn Libraries copy 2 has wormhole in inner margin of leaves 2A8-2H6.
- Cited in:
- ESTC R10537
- Wing L104
- OCLC:
- 7263878
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