BARETTI, Joseph (Giuseppe) - An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages - 1772

BARETTI, Joseph (Giuseppe) - An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages, Consisting of Select Passages, from the Most Celebrated English, French, Italian, and Spanish Authors

Ed. T. Davies and T. Cadell. London, 1772 First edition

469 Págs.

21,5 x 14 x 4 cm.

720 gr.

Lomo pasta española y tela, tejuelo, cortes coloreados.

Restaurados los cajos. Ex libris.

Páginas en perfecto estado.

Baretti (1719-1789) Was a professor of English at the University of Turin before he settled permanently in England in 1751. An eminent philologist, he wrote an important Italian/English dictionary (1760), as well as an Italian grammar, plus several European travel books. He wrote in French an essay "On Shakespeare and Voltaire," in which he exposes Voltaire's ignorance of the English language and literature. Samuel Johnson was his close friend, contributing to some of Baretti's books. In the present book, Baretti includes translations of Johnson's Rasselas, pp. 188-256, Cervantes and other authors.