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GRIVEL, Guillaume] - Nouvelle bibliothèque de littérature, d…
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692
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GRIVEL, Guillaume] - Nouvelle bibliothèque de littérature, d…
See original version (French)
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GRIVEL, Guillaume] - Nouvelle bibliothèque de littérature, d'histoire, &c. ou choix des meilleurs morceaux tirés des ana, par M. G*****. Lille, J. B. Henry, Paris, Durand, 1765. 2 vol. in-12, XXIV, 480 pp. ; (1) f., 497 pp., (1) f., several russets, gran. fawn calf, a little post, smooth spine decorated.
He is the author of a utopia inspired by Robinson Crusoe: L'Isle inconnue, ou Mémoires du Chevalier des Gastines (1783). This anthology, not mentioned by Audé (Bibl. des Ana), appears to be the first devoted to this genre. Preceded by a presentation of the writers cited in the collection, it is divided into seven sections: Literature - Historical remarks - Remarks on languages - Mélanges - Critical observations - Bons mots et traits plaisants - Poetry.
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