Characters and criticisms upon the ancient and modern orators, poets, painters, musicians, statuaries, & other arts and sciences. With an heroick poem (in blank verse) intituled The age of Lewis the Great. Written originally in French by the Archbishop of Cambray, and made English by Capt. Bladen.
Alternate Title(s):
Histoire poëtique de la guerre nouvellement declarée entre les anciens et les modernes. English
Published / Created:
London, Printed for Richard Smith, 1714.
Physical Description:
4 p.., 211, [13] p. fold. front. 20 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPN883 C313 1714
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : Advertisements: [1] p. at end.A translation of the author's Histoire poëtique, a satire, written partly in reply to Charles Perrault's poem Le siècle de Louis XIV. The attribution to the Archbishop of Cambray (François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon) on the t.-p. is in error.Pages 60, 61, and 64 misnumbered 62, 63, and 66, respectively.The title-page is a cancel.
Subject Terms:
Perrault, Charles, 1628–1703. Siècle de Louis XIV. | Classical literature -- Appreciation. | Literature, Comparative -- Classical and modern. | Literature, Comparative -- Modern and classical.
Contributors:
Bladen, Martin, 1680–1746. | Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651–1715.