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Title: An epistle to Mr. Boileau upon his designe of leaving poetry to write the history of the King: translated from the French of Paris 84.
Contributor: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: [17--?]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern English Manuscripts from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript. First page excised. Translation of: Epistre à Mr Boileau sur la dessein qu'il a pris d'abandonner la poesie pour escrire l'histoire du Roy. Paris : 1684.
Scope/Content: English translation of a poem about Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, from a French work of 1684.
Condition: Bound in salmon-colored boards.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Poems
Extent: [14] p., bound ;20 cm.
Identifier: ark:/21198/n1n60p
MS.1976.005
Language: English
eng
Subject: French poetry--Translations into English--18th century.
Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, --1636-1711.
Provenance: Phillips mss. 23878; shelfmark on spine and cover.
Location: CLUW

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