A general collection of discourses of the virtuosi of France, upon questions of all sorts of philosophy, and other natural knowledg. Made in the assembly of the Beaux Esprits at Paris, by the most ingenious persons of that nation. Render'd into English by G. Havers, gent
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Type of record: Book
Title: A general collection of discourses of the virtuosi of France, upon questions of all sorts of philosophy, and other natural knowledg. Made in the assembly of the Beaux Esprits at Paris, by the most ingenious persons of that nation. Render'd into English by G. Havers, gent
Other titles: Recueil général des questions traitées és conférences du Bureau d'adresse
Classmark: BC Sc quarto REN
Creator(s): Bureau d'adresse et de rencontre (Paris, France)
Additional creator(s): Renaudot, Theophraste (1586-1653) (Other); Renaudot, Eusèbe (1613-1679) (Other); Renaudot, Isaac (1680) (Other); Havers, G (Other)
Publisher: printed for Thomas Dring and John Starkey, and are to be sold at their shops, at the George in Fleet-street neer Clifford's-Inn, and the Miter between the Middle-Temple-Gate and Temple-Bar
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1664
Language: English
Size and medium: 16 unnumbered pages, 320, 319-580 pages, 2 unnumbered pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/286567
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991002305469705181
Description
A translation of the first 100 conferences of the "Recueil général des questions traitées és conférences du Bureau d'adresse," 5 v., Paris, 1638-55; the compilation by Théophraste Renaudot and his sons Isaac and Eusèbe; originally issued as "Première [quartiesme] centurie des questions traitées by conférences du Bureau d'adresse." Larousse and others list the original collection under Eusèbe Renaudot, the elder. Cf. BM; Brunet, Manuel du libraire.
Preface signed by Eusebius Renaudot.
With initial imprimatur leaf.
Last leaf is blank.
Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) R1034.
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