Accession number
PML 127186-88
Creator
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Published
Paris : Chez Giguet et Michaud ..., 1804.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Notes
Library has v. 1-2, 6 only; v. 6 is numbered 3 on the spine.
Pagination: v. 1: xlviii, 268; v. 2: 404; v. 6: [3]-379, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: pi¹², 1-12¹², 13²; v. 2: pi², 1-16¹², 17¹⁰; v. 6: pi⁴ [-pi1], 2-16¹², 17⁶.
1st ed. of Chéron's translation, with his preface on translating literary masterpieces, which criticizes La Place's abridged version (v. 1, p. [v]-xlviii).
Quérard: "The most accurate translation."
Lacking half-title in v. 6.
Pagination: v. 1: xlviii, 268; v. 2: 404; v. 6: [3]-379, [1] p.
Signatures: v. 1: pi¹², 1-12¹², 13²; v. 2: pi², 1-16¹², 17¹⁰; v. 6: pi⁴ [-pi1], 2-16¹², 17⁶.
1st ed. of Chéron's translation, with his preface on translating literary masterpieces, which criticizes La Place's abridged version (v. 1, p. [v]-xlviii).
Quérard: "The most accurate translation."
Lacking half-title in v. 6.
Description
6 v. ; 18 cm.
Binding
Contemporary red boards, gold-tooled.
Classification
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