Letters on the English and French nations : containing curious and useful observations on their constitutions natural and political, nervous and humorous descriptions of the virtues, vices, ridicules and foibles of the inhabitants, critical remarks on their writers, together with moral reflections interspersed throughout the work : in two volumes / by Monsieur l'Abbé Le Blanc ... ; translated from the original French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Le Blanc, Jean-Bernard, 1707-1781.

Contributor:

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

James, Richard, -1757, printer.

Smith, William, -1771, publisher.

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, publisher.

Standardized Title:

Lettres d'un François. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

England--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.

England.

France--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.

France.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 18 cm (12mo)

Fingerprint:

m-LE 37in f-t- nabu (3) 1747 (R) v.1

40oa ofof --ch MyYo (3) 1747 (R) v.2

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by Richard James, for William Smith ... and George Faulkner ..., MDCCXLVII [1747]

Notes:

Translation of: Lettres d'un François.

Signatures: v. 1: A-2C⁶ ; v. 2: [A]⁴ B-2B⁶ (leaf 2B6 blank).

Pagination: v. 2: xii, 300 p. ; v. 2: viii, 286, [2] p.

Letter to M. Le Blanc from Voltaire, dated "Jan. 17, 1746", included in "The booksellers advertisement concerning this translation": V. 1, p. v-vi.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has autograph of Lydia Nicholson at head of leaf A2r and partial autograph ("Lydia") on title leaf; v. 2 has autograph of Lydia Nicholson at head of leaf [A]2r.

Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has wormhole in outer margin of most leaves, back free endpaper and back pastedown.

Cited in:

ESTC T146294

OCLC:

15185131