Fontenelle's Dialogues of the dead, in three parts
Subtitle: I. Dialogues of the antients. II. The antients with the moderns. III. The moderns
By: Translated from the French. With a reply to some remarks in a critique, call'd The judgment of Pluto, &c. and two original dialogues
Contributors: Hughes, John, 1677-1720; Deane, Mary Caroline. former owner; Senhouse, Ann. former owner
Publisher: Printed for Jacob Tonson, within Grays-Inn Gate next Grays-Inn Lane
Published: 1708
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Catalogs, Booksellers'; Fiction
Other titles: Dialogues of the dead.
Work titles: Nouveaux dialogues des morts
Notes: Translation, by John Hughes, of: Nouveaux dialogues des morts, first printed Paris, 1683.

Dedication, p. p. [i]-vii, signed by the translator John Hughes.

The dialogue between Charles V. and Erasmus in part three contains references to Columbus; also included is the dialogue between Cortez and Monezuma in part three.

"Two new dialogues written in the manner of Monsieur Fontenelle", p. [195]-209, has divisional title page, and are composed by John Hughes.

"Dialogue I. Lucius Junius Brutus the first consul, and Augustus Caesar", p. 197-204, has separate caption title.

"Dialogue II. Empedocles and Lucilio Vanini", p. 205-209, has separate caption title.

Signatures: A⁸ (A1, A5 versos blank) a-b⁸ (b5 verso blank) c² B-O⁸ (B1, E7, K1, K2, O3 versos blank) P²

Bookseller's advertisements: p. [1], 5th count.

European Americana 708/44.

English short title catalogue T139460.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Mary Caroline Deane: ms. autograph on recto of front flyleaf; Ann Senhouse 1722: ms. autograph on title page.