Abbé Vosgien "portable Geographical Dictionary..." Paris, 1768

Abbé VOSGIEN "Portable Geographical Dictionary ..." Paris, 1768 In 12 pl. rel. of the time used, spine with decorated ribs. 2 folding maps. Jean-Baptiste Ladvocat or Abbé Vosgien born on January 3, 1709 in Vaucouleurs, died in Paris on December 29, 1765, is a man of letters, Hebraist and lexicographer famous for his Dictionnaire géographique (Paris, 1747) and Dictionnaire historique portable, etc. (Paris, 1752), ancestors of the small Abridged Dictionaries. He studied Latin, philosophy, theology, then retired to the community of priests of Saint-Barthélemy. Aggregated at the Sorbonne college, the chair of theology was entrusted to him. Appointed librarian, his mission was to explain the Holy Scripture according to the Hebrew text. This portable dictionary, inspired by Echard's Gazetteer, first appeared under the name of the "Abbé Vosgien." Reprinted several times, this work is presented as a translation of the Interprète du Gasettier or the Nouvelliste by the English author Laurence Echard; it is intended to be an easy-to-use pocket manual. Joseph-Marie Quérard mentions no fewer than 10 editions, from 1755 to 1817. The most accurate, it seems, is the one that Letronne published in 1813 under the name of Auguste L***, 1 vol. in-12. Dictionnaire géographique portables, in-8°, Paris, 1747.