Traité de la formation méchanique des langues, et des principes physiques de l'étymologie
Contributors: Du Plessis, A. G. former owner
Publisher: Chez Saillant, rue S. Jean de Beauvais; Vincent, rue S. Severin; Desaint, rue S. Jean de Beauvais
Published: 1765
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Subjects: Language and languages
Notes: Attributed to Charles de Brosses by Barbier.

Pagination: v. 1: lix, [1], 489, [1] p., IX leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 2: iv, 533, [1] p.

Signatures: v. 1: a-b¹² c⁶ (c3 verso blank) A-V¹² X⁶ (-X6) (X5 verso blank); v. 2: pi² A-Y¹² Z⁴ (-Z4) (Z3 verso blank)

Errata: v. 1, p. 489; v. 2, p. 533.

Engraved printer's ornaments on title pages; head and tail pieces; initials.

Barbier, A.A. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes (3. éd.), 17996.

Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-huitième siècle, 14170.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full mottled calf.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Mr. A. G. du Plessis: armorial bookplates on front pastedown of volume 1.