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The characters, or The manners of the age. By Monsieur de La Bruyere... Made English by several hands. With The characters of Theophrastus, translated from the Greek. And a prefatory discourse to them, by Monsieur de La Bruyere. To which is added, A key to his Characters
La Bruyère, Jean de (1645-1696); Theophrastus
1699
Includes 'The moral characters of Theophastus... ' which has a separate titlepage with the imprint 'London, printed in the year 1698'. It has separate pagination but continuous signatures. A1 blank,...
The moral characters of Theophrastus. Translated from the Greek, with notes. To which is prefix'd a critical essay on characteristic-writings
Theophrastus; Gally, Henry (1696-1769)
1725
First edition of this translation. Title within double line border.
Characters of vertue and vice : Describ'd in the persons of The wise-man, The valiant man, The truly noble, The patient man, The true friend, The hypocrite, The superstitious, The profane, The busy-body, The envious, Attempted in verse from a treatise of the Reverend Joseph Hall
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715); Hall, Joseph (1574-1656)
1691
Bishop Hall's "Characters of vertues and vices" was published in 1608. Tate here paraphrases 10 of Hall's 26 "characters".
The modern world disrob'd : or, Both sexes stript of their pretended vertue. In two parts. First, of the ladies. Secondly, of the gentlemen. With familiar descant upon every character
Ward, Edward (1667-1731)
1708
A series of prose characters each followed by a "familiar descant" in verse. Pagination is continuous, with no part-title.
Whimzies: or, A new cast of characters
Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
1631
Anonymous. By Richard Brathwait. Printer's name from STC. The first two leaves and the last leaf are blank. Original uncancelled title-page. "A cater-character, throwne out of a boxe by an exp...
A strange metamorphosis of man, transformed into a wildernesse. Deciphered in characters
Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673)
1634
Sometimes attributed to Richard Brathwait. Signatures: A26 B-I2122 (-A1). The last two leaves are blank.
The English Theophrastus : or, The manners of the age. Being the modern characters of the court, the town, and the city
Boyer, Abel (1667-1729)
1702
Anon., by Abel Boyer. The dedication leaf (A3) is a cancel; no name appears below the dedication in this copy, but in that at the University of Michigan it is signed by Abel Boyer.