[Rarebooks] fa: JEAN LE CLERC - PARRHASIANA - 1st ENGLISH ED. - 1700

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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[Jean Le Clerc:] Parrhasiana: or, Thoughts upon several subjects; as,  
Criticism, History, Morality, and Politics. By Monsieur Le Clerk,  
under the feigned Mame of Theodorus Parrhasi. Done into English by  
****. London: [s.n.]. Printed for A. and J. Churchil, at the Black  
Swan, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1700. FIRST EDITION. Bound in period  
paneled calf, possibly rebacked at a later date, gilt-stamped spine  
label; [8], 288, 281-304 p. ESTC R16664; Wing L823.
First English translation of the essays and pensées of the  
encyclopedist and radical theologian Jean Le Clerc. An early/ 
contemporary owner has identified the translator as a "D. Miller" in  
ink on the title-page and the spine label reads "Miller's  
Parrhasiana." However, ESTC makes no such attribution; no attribution  
at all, in fact. The identity of the translator appears to be a  
mystery, though it is known that the work appeared in English "almost  
at once" after Le Clerc sent a copy of the French version to his  
friend John Locke.

Hinges professionally repaired; previous owner's signature on the  
title page; later light penciled notes on the front free-endpaper,  
leaves lightly toned; otherwise quite clean and crisp, firmly bound. A  
handsome copy.