French
The French translation by Thomas LeBlanc, S.J. first appeared in 1651 as L'Homme de lettres (Pont-a-Mousson). In 1654 it was reprinted under the more galant title, La Guide des Beaux Esprits. The fifth edition of 1669 was dedicated to Charles Le Jay, Baron de Tilly. In the next century there was a second translation as L'homme de lettres by the Barnabite writer, T. Delivoy: (Paris: Herissant, 1769).
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