1500 - Patin, G.

Patin, G. Selected Letters of the Late Mr. Guy Patin. New Letters of the Late Mr. ... Taken from the Collection of Mr. Charles Spon: Containing a History of the Particulars Concerning the Lives and Writings of the Scholars of His Century. 5 volumes. Paris, Jean Petit, 1688–1692. (xx), 432, 406, 416 pp. 3 vols. New Letters from the Late Mr. ... Taken from the Collection of Mr. Charles Spon: Containing a History of the Particulars Concerning the Lives and Writings of the Scholars of His Century. Amsterdam 1718. viii, 410 pp., ii, 438 pp. All first editions except for the first volume of the first set. BIOGR. MED VI, 375. Osler 5277. “Gui Patin is unique in our annals … Scores of doctors have written letters, but none except his remain as a lasting contribution to literature.” Voltaire praised Patin’s letters “because they contain new anecdotes that everyone loves, and satires that we love even more.” – 26.