Tablettes de l'homme du monde, ou Analise des sept qualitez essentielles à former le beau caractére d'homme du monde accompli..
Wicquefort, Abraham van,1602-1682.
Grotius, Hugo,1583-1645.
A Cosmopoli, : Chez Auguste Le Catholique, à L'Enseigne de l'Orthodoxie.,
M. DCC. XV. [1715]
The imprint is fictitious. It was published, and probably compiled, by Thomas Johnson (ca. 1677-1735), a Scotsman who was active as a bookseller in the Hague from 1701 to 1728 and then to Rotterdam until his death. With Alexander Cunningham, Johnson was the most significant agent of the Scottish Dutch book trade at that time. He created and exploited Ango-Dutch communication and retail networks, and in doing so became one of the foremost publishers in the Netherlands during the Enlightenment.
Prefixed half-title: Tablettes de l'homme du monde, en etrennes a la jeunesse de l'Europe pour l'année 1715.
"Seconde partie L'homme d'etat" (p. [85]-273) includes: Extrait de Grotius, du Droit de la guerre & de la paix (p. 121-141) and De l'ambassadeur & ses fonctions par mr. de Wicquefort (p. 142-250).
Signatures: *⁸, A-O¹², P⁴ (P₁₄ incorrectly bound in following A₄ of the Reflexions, the second item in the collection).
Title in red and black; title vignette; head and tail pieces. Marginal notes.
"Bibliotheca mundiana, ou Catalogue des livres de la bibliothéque de l'homme du monde ..." has special title page.
Contemporary manuscript notes on the front and back pastedowns and free endpapers.
Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.
Education
Conduct of life
Best books
Ambassadors
War (International law)
Netherlands Hague.