Translation Theory in the Age of Louis XIV: The 1683 De Optimo Genere Interpretandi (on the Best Kind of Translating) of Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721). Introduction, English Translation, Notes and Commentaries, and Translation Text
Manchester (UK): St. Jerome Publishing, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [vi], 189, [1] pp. Publisher’s pictorial boards. Fine. Preeminent in a relatively rare category of separate early modern treatises on translation, the 1683 De optimo genere interpretandi by the polymath cleric Pierre-Daniel Huet (1630-1721) offers a concise introduction to its..... More