Philosophic essays on the manners of various foreign animals; with observations on the laws and customs of several eastern nations / Written in French by M. Foucher d'Obsonville, ; and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft.

  • Foucher d'Obsonville, 1734-1802
Date:
1784
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Credit: Philosophic essays on the manners of various foreign animals; with observations on the laws and customs of several eastern nations / Written in French by M. Foucher d'Obsonville, ; and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADVERTISEMENT. Translation has always been deemed a difficult and laborious tafkT' and whoever under- takes to make an author fpeak a fo- reign tongue with truth, preciiion, and elegance, will find the opinion well founded. The following verfion enjoys one advantage which few tranfiations can boalt ; it was written at Paris, and read carefully by the author of the original work, M. Foucher d’Ob- fonville,in conjunction with a learned friend, a Scotch gentleman, who was- equally converfant in both the French and Englilh languages ; by whom, riot only every appearance of a coun- ter fenfe was corrected, but occafional ffiort additions, explanations, and re- trenchments were made. A a Thofe
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