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A man sits at a barrel-table to light his pipe, others in the room smoke and drink. Engraving by T. Major, 1746, after D. Teniers.

Letters on the English and French nations; containing curious and useful observations on their constitutions natural and political; nervous and humorous descriptions of the virtues, vices, ridicules and foibles of the inhabitants; critical remarks on their writers; together with moral reflections interspersed throughout the work ... / By Mons. l'abbé Le Blanc ... Translated from the original French.

[Jean Bernard Le Blanc correspondence].

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Le Blanc, Jean-Bernard, 1707-1781

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[Jean Bernard Le Blanc correspondence].