Author: M.D. [= probably Louis Dutens].
Title: Poesies de M.D.
Description: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1771. Modern halfcloth binding. 124,[1] pp. Orig. wrappes included. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : . - With : Poems previously published in Mercure de France in 1752, like : La recrue de Cupidon ; A Mlles. Bourdon (Mercure de France, 1752, 5; p. 29); Added : Lettre sur un Automate qui joue aux echecs par L.D. (Louis Dutens], pp. 119-124. Also published in : Lettres sur un automate, qui joue aux échecs (1772) as : Prémière Lettre à l'Auteur du Mercure de France. Not in BNF & Worldcat. Louis Dutens (1730-1812) was a French writer, philologist and numismatist, historiographer of the King of Great Britain. A great traveller, he contributed to spreading that 'cosmopolitanism' which is one of the essential characteristics of literature and mores in the second half of the 18th century. Dutens used the pseudonyms L.D-S, L.D. & D. He maintained friendly relations with the Duke of Northumberland, Lord Bute, Lord Walsingham, Lord Stuart-Mackenzie, Voltaire, the Duke of Choiseul, and Madame du Barry

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