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Moliere (1622-1673)14
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A satyr against the French

Taylor, Randal (fl. 1664-1700?)

1691

Indexed in: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996),

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The art of poetry, written in French

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); Soames, Sir William; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1710

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. A piracy? Mentioned by Macdonald (p.37) as a late edition, but without comment.

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The art of poetry, written in French

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); Soames, Sir William; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)

1710

Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. A piracy? Mentioned by Macdonald (p.37) as a late edition, but without comment.

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Manners. Translated from the French

Toussaint, François-Vincent (1715-1772)

1749

One of two editions published in 1749. Dedication signed: Panage, i.e. François Vincent Toussaint. Sig. a12 is signed "[H]", numbered "[145]" and "[146]", and is the leaf which should come betwee...

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Fables in English and French verse

Faerno, Gabriello (1561); Perrault, Charles (1628-1703); Du Bosc, Claude

1741

Frontispiece Signed: Clau. Du Bosc Sculp. "With one hundred copper-plates." French translation by Charles Perrault -- Pref., p. x. V.1: xvi, 190, [2] p. (last leaf blank), [1] leaf of plates; V....

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Part of Dv Bartas, English and French, and in his owne kinde of verse, so neare the French Englished, as may teach an English-man French, or a French-man English... With the commentary of S.G. S

Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste seigneur (1544-1590); Lisle, William (1579?-1637); Goulart, Simon (1543-1628)

M.DC.XXV. [1625]

The French text, with an English translation, of Day 2 of: Du Bartas, Guillaume de Salluste. La seconde sepmaine. S.G. S. = Simon Goulart de Senlis. In verse. Numerous sections with French and E...

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The Mock-Clelia : Being a comical history of French gallantries, and novels, in imitation of Dom Quixote. Translated out of French

Subligny sieur de (1640-1679)

1678

Anon., by A. T. Perdou de Subligny. Pages 225-260 omitted in numbering; gap in signatures at the same point - P8 followed by Aa1, but nothing appears to be missing from the text. Title page is a c...

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The works of Moliere : French and English. In ten volumes (v.1)

Molière (1622-1673); Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744); La Serre, Jean-Louis-Ignace de (1662-1756)

1739

French and English on opposite pages. 'Memoires sur la vie de Moliere par M. de la Serre' - v.1, p. i-xxxi. With engraved plates after Hogarth and others; engraved frontispiece portrait of Moliere...

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The works of Moliere : French and English. In ten volumes (v.2)

Molière (1622-1673); Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744); La Serre, Jean-Louis-Ignace de (1662-1756)

1739

French and English on opposite pages. 'Memoires sur la vie de Moliere par M. de la Serre' - v.1, p. i-xxxi. With engraved plates after Hogarth and others; engraved frontispiece portrait of Moliere...

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The works of Moliere : French and English. In ten volumes (v.3)

Molière (1622-1673); Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744); La Serre, Jean-Louis-Ignace de (1662-1756)

1739

French and English on opposite pages. 'Memoires sur la vie de Moliere par M. de la Serre' - v.1, p. i-xxxi. With engraved plates after Hogarth and others; engraved frontispiece portrait of Moliere...

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The works of Moliere : French and English. In ten volumes (v.4)

Molière (1622-1673); Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744); La Serre, Jean-Louis-Ignace de (1662-1756)

1739

French and English on opposite pages. 'Memoires sur la vie de Moliere par M. de la Serre' - v.1, p. i-xxxi. With engraved plates after Hogarth and others; engraved frontispiece portrait of Moliere...

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The works of Moliere : French and English. In ten volumes (v.5)

Molière (1622-1673); Baker, Henry (1698-1774); Miller, James (1706-1744); La Serre, Jean-Louis-Ignace de (1662-1756)

1739

French and English on opposite pages. 'Memoires sur la vie de Moliere par M. de la Serre' - v.1, p. i-xxxi. With engraved plates after Hogarth and others; engraved frontispiece portrait of Moliere...

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