An account of a savage girl, caught wild in the woods of Champagne.
La Condamine, Charles-Marie de,1701-1774.
Monboddo, James Burnett,Lord,1714-1799.
Robertson, William,1740-1803.
Hecquet,Mme.
Gilmour, J. S. L.(John Scott Lennox),1906-1986,former owner.StEdNL
Burnet, M. S. L.,Commander,former owner.StEdNL
Monboddo, James Burnett,Lord,1714-1799,inscriber.StEdNL
Leslie, John,approximately 1721-1790,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh: printed for A. Kincaid and J. Bell.
1768.
Author's name from preface: M. de La Condamine.
Madam H-T = Mme Hecquet, who was in fact the publisher.
Preface by James Burnett, Lord Monboddo.
Translation by William Robertson.
ESTC
Bookplate on the front pastedown "Ex Libris J. S. L. Gilmour". Manuscript inscriptions on the front free endpaper in pencil "From the Library of Commander M. S. L. Burnet" and below that in the same hand "See inscription 'from the translator', which appears to indicate that the translator was Lord Monboddo J.S.L.G. Sept. 1962". Below that in another hand "No. The preface is by Lord Monboddo but the translation is by his clerk, William Robertson . See E. L. Cloyd, James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Oxford 1972". Manuscript inscription in the hand of Monboddo on the recto of the second flyleaf "To Mr Leslie Professor of Greek King's College, Aberdeen from the Translator, Lord Monboddo".
Le Blanc, Marie Angélique.