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16 - LA BRUYERE (Jean de) - The Characters of Theophrastus, Translated from the Greek, with the Characters or Manners of This Century. Ninth edition, revised and corrected. Paris, Michallet, 1716 [1696]. One in-12 volume, bound in brown sheepskin, restored to its original condition, spine preserved, red edges.
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LA BRUYERE (Jean de) - The Characters of Theophrastus, Translated from the Greek, with the Characters or Manners of This Century. Ninth edition, revised and corrected. Paris, Michallet, 1716 [1696]. One in-12 volume, bound in brown sheepskin, restored to its original condition, spine preserved, red edges. This is the ninth original edition, the last one printed during the author’s lifetime—he died on the night of May 10–11, 1696—and one that he himself revised. Note that there are more errors in this edition than in previous ones.
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