Fontenelle's Dialogues of the dead, . in three parts. I. Dialogues of the antients. II. The antients with the moderns. III. The moderns. Translated from the French. With a reply to some remarks in a critique, call'd The judgment of Pluto, &c. and two original dialogues.
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
Category
Books
Date
1708
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3016457
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],l,[2],209,[1]p.,[1] leaf of plate . 1 ill.. . 8vo. Former shelfmarks: Ee.7.6 (in black ink), Bb/5 (pencil), Bb.6.20 (pencil).. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front pastedown: "Jeff: Gilbert: 1710:", and on title-page: "Jeff: Gilbert" [i.e. Sir Geoffrey Gilbert (1674-1726), Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, whose library was sold at auction in Gray's Inn in 1728].. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gilt fillets and green title label on spine.
Makers and roles
Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) John Hughes