This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part…

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

Les caracteres / La Bruyere; extraits precedes d'une notice sur la vie de l'auteur et accompagnes de notes… par A. Domange, … Date de l'edition originale: 1895

Le present ouvrage…

Les caracteres ou Les moeurs de ce siecle; precede du Discours sur Theophraste; suivis du Discours a l'Academie francaise (6e edition revue) / La Bruyere; publies avec une notice biographique……

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to…

This volume contains a selection from Les caracteres by French essayist Jean de La Bruyere (1645-96). The text is presented in the original French with a short English introduction. This…

La Bruyere a travaille pendant dix-sept ans avant de publier ce recueil de 420 remarques, sous forme de maximes, de reflexions et de portraits, presente comme une simple continuation des…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…