An Historical and Biographical Dictionary Translated from the French of Monsieur The Abbe Ladvocat by Catharine Collignon (4 Volume Set) (GT26)

Published 1799: First Translated Editions / Hardcovers / Very Good Condition / 4 Volume Set

Original half leather marbled decorated cloth with decorated edges all round. Text block and contents are clean and slightly age-toned but surprisingly well preserved, previous owners letter and dedication on the first free pages. The spine backs are missing or part missing as shown in images and the covers are detached or near detached but all are present. Contents block in all 4 volumes remain very secure and intact. A very scarce original set. (GT26)

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AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, Containing an Account of the Hebrew Patriarchs and Princes, of Emperors, Kings, and Great Captains, of the Gods and Heroes of Pagan Antiquity, of the Popes, Holy Fathers, Celebrated Bishops, and Cardinals; Also Historians, Poets, Orators, Divines, Lawyers, Physicians, &c. With Their Principal Works, and the Best Editions of Them; Learned Women, Painters, &c, And All Persons in General Who Have Been Illustrious, Or Famouse, In Any Age Or Nation: Pointing Out Whatever Is Most Remarkable, And Most Interesting, In Savcred Or In Profane History. Translated From The French of Monsieur The Abbe Ladvocat, Doctor, Librarian, And Orleans Professor In The Sorbonne. By Catherine Collignon. In Four Volumes.

Cambridge: Printed For John Burges Printer to the University; And to be had of the Translator, and of W. Page, Cambridge. MDCCXCIX [1799]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Four Volumes.

Ladvocat's Historical Dictionary, originally issued in Paris, 1752; here translated by Catherine Collignon, daughter of Dr. Charles Collignon, British surgeon and Cambridge Professor of Anatomy. A fascinating work, which branches even further than indicated as it also contains biographies of metaphysical philosophers and Alchemists, such as Geber, Cornelius Agrippa, John Dee, Jacob Boehme, Robert Fludd, Paracelsus, and others.

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