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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

Archive Print Item: BC Sc quarto REN

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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

Level: Item

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

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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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