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Saggio sopra l'uomo poema filsofico di Alessandro Pope in tre lingue inglese, francese, e italiana nuova edizione notabilmente accresciuta, e ornata di figure.
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POPE, Alexander (1688--1744)
[Essay on man. Polyglot. 1768]
Saggio sopra l'uomo poema filsofico di Alessandro Pope in tre lingue inglese, francese, e italiana nuova edizione notabilmente accresciuta, e ornata di figure.
In Napoli a spese di Domenico Terres, 1768.
xxxv, [1], 144 [i.e. 344] p., engr. frontis., [4] pl. ; 20.6 cm. (8º)
A translation into French and Italian of Pope's Essay on man, the former being an unattributed prose version, the latter being in verse by Anton-Filippi Adami. At this date there were extant French prose) translations by Etienne de Silhouette (1736 and reprinted) which had been included in another polyglot edition in 1762, and by Claude-François-Xavier Millot (1761). The French translation is given parallel to the English original; they are followed by Adami's Italian translation which was first published in 1756. The Italian letter to the readers is by Domenico Terres. Also included are Pope's 'Il Tempio Della Fama' (The Temple of Fame) in Italian only, and other poems, not by Pope, translated from the French. The frontispiece and title-page vignette portrait of Pope were engraved by B. Cimarelli. ESTC t5649.
Copy Notes Bought from Thomas Boone for 3s., 24 April 1806. (Spiers Box). With Boone's codes and inscription in pencil in 3 Languages / English, French & Italian.
Binding C18th vellum, stained and gilt-tooled spine-title compartment.
Reference Number 1249
[Essay on man. Polyglot. 1768]
Saggio sopra l'uomo poema filsofico di Alessandro Pope in tre lingue inglese, francese, e italiana nuova edizione notabilmente accresciuta, e ornata di figure.
In Napoli a spese di Domenico Terres, 1768.
xxxv, [1], 144 [i.e. 344] p., engr. frontis., [4] pl. ; 20.6 cm. (8º)
A translation into French and Italian of Pope's Essay on man, the former being an unattributed prose version, the latter being in verse by Anton-Filippi Adami. At this date there were extant French prose) translations by Etienne de Silhouette (1736 and reprinted) which had been included in another polyglot edition in 1762, and by Claude-François-Xavier Millot (1761). The French translation is given parallel to the English original; they are followed by Adami's Italian translation which was first published in 1756. The Italian letter to the readers is by Domenico Terres. Also included are Pope's 'Il Tempio Della Fama' (The Temple of Fame) in Italian only, and other poems, not by Pope, translated from the French. The frontispiece and title-page vignette portrait of Pope were engraved by B. Cimarelli. ESTC t5649.
Copy Notes Bought from Thomas Boone for 3s., 24 April 1806. (Spiers Box). With Boone's codes and inscription in pencil in 3 Languages / English, French & Italian.
Binding C18th vellum, stained and gilt-tooled spine-title compartment.
Reference Number 1249