A general collection of discourses of the virtuosi of France, upon questions of all sorts of philosophy, and other natural knowledg made in the assembly of the Beaux Esprits at Paris, by the most ingenious persons of that nation / render'd into English by G. Havers, Gent.

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Running title: Philosophical conferences of the virtuosi of France. Wing lists title as: A collection of discourses of the virtuosi of France. Ms. note concerning Renaudot filmed opposite first prelim. page. A translation of the first 100 conferences of the "Recueil général des questions traitées és conférences du Bureau d'adresse," 5 v., Paris, 1638-55; the compilation by Théophraste Renaudot and his sons Isaac and Eusèbe; originally issued as "Première [quartiesme] centurie des questions traitées by conférences du Bureau d'adresse." Larousse and others list the original collection under Eusèbe Renaudot, the elder. Cf. BM; Brunet, Manuel du libraire. This work appears as Wing C5142 (entry cancelled in Wing 2nd ed.) at reel 412:11 and as Wing R1034 at reel 1192:18. Reproduction of originals in the Bodleian Library and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.