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BAILLET, Adrien (1649-1706). Auteurs deguisez. Sous des noms etrangers; empruntez, supposez, feints à plaisir, chiffrez, renversez, retournez, ou Changez d'une Langue en une autre. Paris: Antoine Dezallier, 1690.
12o (157 x 89 mm). (Some very light browning.) Contemporary calf, spine gilt.
FIRST EDITION of an early dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature. The first part is a study of auteurs deguisez which are divided into three main classes: pseudonymous writers, imposters and plagiarists; followed by an index of over 1700 pseudonyms discussed in the first part. Barbier I, 320; ("Cet ouvrage, le premier publié en France sur ce genre de recherches bibliographiques"); Petzhold 103.
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FIRST EDITION of an early dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous literature. The first part is a study of auteurs deguisez which are divided into three main classes: pseudonymous writers, imposters and plagiarists; followed by an index of over 1700 pseudonyms discussed in the first part. Barbier I, 320; ("Cet ouvrage, le premier publié en France sur ce genre de recherches bibliographiques"); Petzhold 103.