Familiar and courtly letters
By: written by Monsieur Voiture, to persons of the greatest honour, wit, and quality of both sexes in the court of France ; made English by Mr. Dryden, Tho. Cheek, Esq., Mr. Dennis, Henry Cromwel, Esq., Jos. Raphson, Esq., Dr. ----, &c. ; with twelve select epistles out of Aristaenetus, translated from the Greek ; some select letters of Pliny, Jun. and Monsieur Fontanelle, translated by Mr. Tho. Brown ; and a collection of original letters lately written on several subjects, by Mr. T. Brown ... ; to which is added, a collection of Letters of friendship and other occasional letters, written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly, Mr. ----, Mr. Congreve, Mr. Dennis, and other hands.
Contributors: Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Aristaenetus.; Pliny, the Younger.; Fontenelle, M. de 1657-1757.; Dennis, John, 1657-1734.; Congreve, William, 1670-1729.; Briscoe, Samuel, bookseller.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Sam. Briscoe ...
Published: 1700
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Letters.
Notes: Wing (2nd ed.) V681A
"Epistle dedicatory" signed: Sam. Briscoe.
Vol. 1: [16], 266 p.; v. 2: [12], 114 p.
Signatures: A-S⁸ T⁴(-T2) 2A-2G⁸ H1.
Vol. 2 has title: Letters of friendship and several other occasions : the second part / written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly, Mr. ----, Mr. Congreve, and Mr. Dennis ; with letters written between Mr. Dennis and Mr. Congreve, concerning humour in ancient and modern comedy. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe ..., 1700.
LC copy imperfect: t.p., A2 wanting; t.p. replaced by photocopy of Wing (2nd ed.) V682. Several pages badly damaged in v. 1, with only p. 1 (and not p. 2) replaced with photocopy.