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Author, original title and year of 1st edn
Smith, Adam
Considerations Concerning the First Formation of Languages, and the Different Genius of Original and Compounded Languages

in The Philological Miscellany: Consisting of Select Essays from the Memoirs of the Academy of Belles Lettres at Paris, and Other Foreign Academies; Translated Into English, with Original Pieces by the Most Eminent Writers of Our Own Country

"Printed for the editor; and sold by T. Beckett and P.A. Dehondt, in the Strand"
London
1761
Base edn and year
Probably, from the 6th edition of Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1790). Smith added this essay to his TMS from the 3rd edition (1767).

TRANSLATION INFO

original language
English
translation into
French
type of original text
Chapter in a book
type of translated text
Book
timeline
18th Century
image of the document

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DOCUMENT

Surname and Name
of Author (in the original language)
Smith, Adam
Surname and Name
of Author (in the spelling of translation)
Smith, Adam
Year of publication
1796
Title
Considérations sur la première formation des langues, et le différent génie des langues originales et composées
Place
Rue du Regard & rue Haute-Feuille, Paris
Country
France
Publisher
Baillio et Colas ; Denis
Number of vols/parts
One

TRANSLATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Text type
Translation complete text
Editor’s name(s)
Baillio et Colas ; Denis
Translator’s name(s)
A. M. H. B. (Antoine-Marie-Henri Boulard)
Editorial apparatus
Additional material (Appendix and notes from the translator)

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

National collection call mark
X- 5910

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