Letters of Wit, Politicks and Morality. Written Originally in Italian, by the famous Cardinal Bentivoglio; in Spanish by Signior Don Guevara; in Latin by St. Jerome, Cato Uticensts, Aurelian the Emperor, and Queen Zenobia; and in French by Father Rapin, &c. Also select letters of Gallantry out of the Greek, of Aristænetus; the Spanish of Don Quevedo; the Latin of Petronius; and the French of Count Bussy Rabutin, Madam Maintenon, Mr. Fontenelle, &c. Done into English, by the Honourable H- H- Esq; Tho. Cheek, Esq; Mr. Savage. Mr. Boyer, &c. To which is added a large collection of original letters of love and friendship. Written, by several gentlemen and ladies, particuly, the Honourable Mr. Granville, Tho. Cheek, Esq; Capt. Ayloffe; Dr. G- Mr. B-y; Mr. O-n, Mr. B-r, Mr. G-, Mr. F-r, Mrs. C--l, under the name of Astra; Mrs. W-n under the name of Daphne, &c.

Author: BOYER (Abel), editor:
Title: Letters of Wit, Politicks and Morality. Written Originally in Italian, by the famous Cardinal Bentivoglio; in Spanish by Signior Don Guevara; in Latin by St. Jerome, Cato Uticensts, Aurelian the Emperor, and Queen Zenobia; and in French by Father Rapin, &c. Also select letters of Gallantry out of the Greek, of Aristænetus; the Spanish of Don Quevedo; the Latin of Petronius; and the French of Count Bussy Rabutin, Madam Maintenon, Mr. Fontenelle, &c. Done into English, by the Honourable H- H- Esq; Tho. Cheek, Esq; Mr. Savage. Mr. Boyer, &c. To which is added a large collection of original letters of love and friendship. Written, by several gentlemen and ladies, particuly, the Honourable Mr. Granville, Tho. Cheek, Esq; Capt. Ayloffe; Dr. G- Mr. B-y; Mr. O-n, Mr. B-r, Mr. G-, Mr. F-r, Mrs. C--l, under the name of Astra; Mrs. W-n under the name of Daphne, &c.
Description: London, Printed for J. Hartley, next door to the King's-head Tavern in Holborn: W. Turner in Lincolns-Inn-Fields: and Tho. Hodgson over against Grays-Inn-Gate, in Holborn 1701. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo, 183 x 112 mms., pp. [xviii], 40, ,[2],41-437[i.e.427] 428 adverts], title-page very slightly scored, contemporary panelled calf; front joint slightly cracked but front hinge reinforced, top and base of spine chipped, but a good copy. The lexicographer and journalist, Abel Boyer (1667?–1729) was born in France, in Languedoc and was educated at the Protestant academy of Puylaurens (formerly Montauban); he made his way into England in 1689. In 1694, he published a very successful textbook, The compleat French master for Ladies and Gentlemen: being a new method, to learn with ease and delight the French Tongue, which made his fortune and was reprinted for the next hundred years. The letters of Bentivoglio, here translated by Savage and Boyer himself, had long been held up as classical models in writing, but the last collection "Original Letters of Love and Freindship" from a variety of male and female sources, is of particular interest in the context of the incipient English epistolary novel.

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