Lettre a M. *** servant de réponse à une critique de la Bibliographie instructive, insérée dans le premier volume du mois de juillet 1763, du Journal de Trévoux, page 1617.
Publisher: G.F. de Bure, le jeune
Published: 1763
Place of publication: [Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 80
Subjects: Bure, Guillaume-François de, 1731-1782.; Mercier de Saint-Léger, Barthélemy, 1734-1799.; Early printed books -- Bibliography -- Early works to 1800.; Best books -- Early works to 1800.; Rare books -- Bibliography -- Early works to 1800.; Classification -- Books -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Bibliography; Early works to 1800.
Notes: Letter signed at end: G.F. de Bure, le jeune. De Paris, ce 25 octobre 1763. Imprint inferred from this information.
"Mercier, abbé de Saint-Léger, a fait insérer dans le Journal de Trévoux, ann. 1763, trois lettres critiques sur le premier volume de la Bibliographie, auxquelles Debure répondit par deux autres lettres imprimées séparément, la première sous le titre d'Appel aux savants et aux gens de lettres sur la Bibliographie instructive ..., la seconde (anon.) sous le titre de Lettre à M ***, servant de réponse à une critique de la Bibliographie instructive"--Quérard. Quérard notwithstanding, both letters were signed by Bure at end and were not issued anonymously; and, moreover, the Appel aux savants ... was the second of the two letters, being dated Dec. 1, 1763, by which time Bure had discovered the identity of his critic. Cf. p. 5 of his Appel aux savants ...
Signatures: A-E⁸.