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Nouveau dictionnaire historique-portatif, ou Histoire abrégée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait un Nom par des Talens, des Vertus, des Forfaits, des Erreurs, &c. &c., depuis le commencement du Monde jusqu'à nos jours : ouvrage dans lequel on expose sans flatterie et sans amertume, ce que les Ecrivains les plus impartiaux ont pensé sur le Génie, le Caractere & les Moeurs des hommes célebres dans tous les Genres; avec des tables chronologiques pour reduire en corps d'histoire les articles repandus dans le dictionnaire. / Par une Société de Gens de Lettres.
Chaudon, L. M. (Louis Mayeul), 1737-1817.Date: M. DCC. LXXI. [1771]- Books
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The dictionary historical and critical of Mr Peter Bayle. The second edition, Carefully collated with the several Editions of the Original; in which many Passages are restored, and the whole greatly augmented, particularly with a Translation of the Quotations from eminent Writers in various Languages. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, revised, corrected, and enlarged, by Mr Des Maizeaux, Fellow of the Royal Society.
Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
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An historical and critical dictionary. By Monsieur Bayle. Translated into English, with many additions and corrections, made by the author himself, that are not in the French editions. ... . A-B.
Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706.Date: MDCCX. [1710]- Books
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A general dictionary, historical and critical: in which a new and accurate translation of that of the Celebrated Mr. Bayle, with the corrections and observations printed in the late edition at Paris, is included; and interspersed with several thousand lives never before published. The whole containing the History of the most illustrious Persons of all Ages and Nations, particularly those of Great Britain and Ireland, distinguished by their Rank, Actions, Learning and other Accomplishments. With reflections on such passages of Mr. Bayle, as seem to favour scepticism and the Manichee System. By the Reverend Mr. John Peter Bernard; the Reverend Mr. Thomas Birch; Mr. John Lockman; and other hands. And the articles relating to Oriental history by George Sale, Gent. Volume I.
Bayle, Pierre, 1647-1706.Date: MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
Biographical dictionaries and related works : an international bibliography of more than 16,000 collective biographies ... / Robert B. Slocum, editor.
Slocum, Robert B.Date: [1986], ©1986