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BAILLET, Adrien (1649-1706). Des enfans devenus célèbres par leurs études ou par leurs écrits. Traité historique. Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1688.
8o (165 x 94 mm). Contemporary calf, spine gilt (some light wear to spine).
FIRST EDITION. The first bibliography dedicated to precocious author, is "mainly biographical and only incidentally bibliographical" Breslauer and Folter 95). Baillet treats among others: Budé, Campanella, Estienne, Grotius, Heinsius, Hobbes, Lipsius, Melanchthon, Pascal. According to the preface the upper limit for premature authorship is twenty ("de ne point passer l'age de vingt ans") Barbier II, 113.
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FIRST EDITION. The first bibliography dedicated to precocious author, is "mainly biographical and only incidentally bibliographical" Breslauer and Folter 95). Baillet treats among others: Budé, Campanella, Estienne, Grotius, Heinsius, Hobbes, Lipsius, Melanchthon, Pascal. According to the preface the upper limit for premature authorship is twenty ("de ne point passer l'age de vingt ans") Barbier II, 113.