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| La Bruyere, Jean De (1645-1696) | 5 |
| Theophrastus | 5 |
| Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713) | 3 |
| Brathwait, Richard (1588?-1673) | 2 |
| Coste, Pierre | 2 |
| Coste, Pierre (1668-1747) | 2 |
| Puisieux Madame De (1720-1798) | 2 |
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| Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661) | 1 |
Les Caractères de Théophraste, traduits par La Bruyere
Theophrastus; La Bruyère, Jean de (1645-1696); Schweighäuser, Johann (1742-1830)
Les caractères de Théophraste et de La Bruyère (v.1)
La Bruyère, Jean de (1645-1696); Theophrastus; Coste, Pierre (1668-1747)
1769
With Pierre Coste's "Défense de La Bruyère et de ses Caractères, contre les accusations & les objections de Vigneul-Marville. Septième édition".
Les caractères de Théophraste et de La Bruyère (v.2)
La Bruyère, Jean de (1645-1696); Theophrastus; Coste, Pierre (1668-1747)
1769
With Pierre Coste's "Défense de La Bruyère et de ses Caractères, contre les accusations & les objections de Vigneul-Marville. Septième édition".
Characteristics of some leading inhabitants of Sheffield, at the close of the 18th century. By Barbara Wreaks (afterwards Mrs. Hofland : a paper read before the members of the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society, 5th March, 1889
Smith, William (1832-1907)
1889
Printed for private circulation.
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,...
Characteristicks, of men, manners, opinions, times, &c (v.1)
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)
1733
Title page vignette. Title from Half-title; each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1: [8], 364 p.; v. 2: 443, [1] p.; v. 3: [4], 408, [56] p.
Characteristicks, of men, manners, opinions, times, &c (v.2)
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)
1733
Title page vignette. Title from Half-title; each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1: [8], 364 p.; v. 2: 443, [1] p.; v. 3: [4], 408, [56] p.
Characteristicks, of men, manners, opinions, times, &c (v.3)
Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of (1671-1713)
1733
Title page vignette. Title from Half-title; each vol. has special t.p. Vol. 1: [8], 364 p.; v. 2: 443, [1] p.; v. 3: [4], 408, [56] p.
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.