The charlatanry of the learned = (De charlataneria eruditorum, 1715) / by Johann Burkhard Mencken (1674-1732) ; translated from the German by Francis E. Litz ; with notes and an introduction by H.L. Mencken.

Accession number

PML 176047

Creator

Mencke, Johann Burkhard, 1674-1732, author.

Published

New York ; London : Alfred A. Knopf, 1937.

Credit line

The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.

Notes

Includes index.

Description

178 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustration ; 21 cm

Inscriptions/Markings

H.L. Mencken's inscription in ink on flyleaf: "Samuel E. Morrison / Fortunately there were no journalists in old Johann's time! / 1937 H.L. Mencken."

Provenance

Samuel E. Morrison; Carter Burden.

Binding

Publisher's orange cloth with a printed label pasted to the spine and a red, black and white illustrated dust jacket.

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