Dictionaire historique, ou, Memoires critiques et litteraires, concernant la vie et les ouvrages de divers personnages distingués, particulierement dans la republique des lettres

Marchand, Prosper

Verlag: chez Pierre de Hondt, La Haye, 1758

Beschreibung

First edition, 2 volumes in 1 volume (as usual), folio, pp. [4], 330, [6] Catalogue des Livres qui se trouvent a La Haye chez Pierre de Hondt; [4], 328, [28]; title pages printed in red and black, text in double column, engraved plate, genealogical tree of the Estienne dynasty, several engravings in the text, woodcut initials and ornaments; a very nice copy in contemporary cat's-paw calf, gilt-decorated spine in 7 compartments, red morocco label in 1. Designed as a supplement to Bayle's Dictionnaire historique. "Prosper Marchand was a bookseller and an editor, to whom the literary world is greatly indebted . He died in 1756, and left his library and manuscripts to the University of Leyden. He wrote, among other works Le Dictionaire historique . the original manuscript of which 'was all written on little pieces of paper of different sizes, some not bigger than one's thumb-nail, and written in a character so exceedingly small that it was not legible to the naked eye. It has been said that this is the first book printed with the help of a microscope' (Watt). It is, however, a work full of erudition although the style is characterized as not being very pure" (Bigmore & Wyman II, p. 23). The catalogue of books offered by De Hondt at the back of the first volume is an impressive 12-column affair listing approximately 200 titles in French and Latin. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 52672

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Dictionaire historique, ou, Memoires ...

Verlag: chez Pierre de Hondt, La Haye

Erscheinungsdatum: 1758

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage