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Le moyen de parvenir : contenant la raison de tout ce qui a été, est et sera
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- Derniere édition, exactement corrigée, & augmentée d'une table des matieres. Nulle parte
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 100070034 [that is, Göttingen : Lenglet Dufresnoy, 1734]
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- 2 volumes ; 15 cm (twelvemo)
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- A general satire, modeled on the style of Rabelais.
- Ed. by N. Lenglet du Fresnoy.
- Published 1698 under 2 other titles: Le coupe-cul de la mélancolie, ou Vénus en belle humeur; and Le salmigondis, ou Le manège du genre humain. Cf. Weller, E.O. Fausses impressions, p. 60-61.
- Authorship has been disputed. Also attributed to Rabelais, Agrippa d'Aubigné and Henri Estienne. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, v. 3, col. 371-372.
- First ed. published ca. 1610. Cf. Barbier, col. 371.
- Imprint from Weller, p. 94. May have been published in Holland. Cf. Gay, J. Ouvrages relatifs à l'àmour (4th ed.), v. 3, col. 286. Vol. 2 has imprint: Nulle part : [s.n.], 100070032 [i.e. Paris : Lenglet Dufresnoy, 1732]. Cf. Weller, p. 94.
- Preceded by a "Dissertation" by La Monnoye. Cf. Gay.
- Title of vol. 1 in red and black; title vignette.
- Vol. 2 includes index.
- Duveen, D.I. Alchemica et chemica, p. 70.
- Brunet, I, 806.