The doctrine of morality : or, a view of human life, according to the Stoick philosophy. Exemplify'd in one hundred and three copper-plates, done by the Celebrated Monsieur Daret, Engraver to the Late French King. With an explanation of each plate; written originally in French by Monsieur de Gomberville, for the Use of the said Prince. Translated into English by T. M. Gibbs, late of Hart-Hall, Oxon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gomberville, M. Le Roy (Marin Le Roy), sieur de, 1600-1674.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages,xi pages, 1 unnumbered page,211 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plates : portrait ; 2⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, M.DCC.XXI. [1721]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

With a half-title, engraved.

Parallel French and English texts.

The illustrations are reverse copies, by Daret or his assistants, of those originally appearing in Octavio van Veen's 'Q. Horati Flacci emblemata', 1607, but arranged in a different order.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N8945.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.