11 ADVERTISEMENT. 



the mod peremptory orders to prohibit the admif- 

 fion of thefe pirated copies into the Kingdom "*. 

 Farther, the publication of this Work afforded an 

 opportunity to Meffrs. the Count de Fergennes, the 

 Baron de Breteuiiy and de Calonne, my ancient and 

 illuftrious fubfcribers, at the foHcitation of my re- 

 fpe6lable friends, Meffrs. Hennin and Mefnard^ of 

 Conichard, of procuring for me, or for my family, 

 fome annual marks of the King's benevolence. 



This fuccefs ought, undoubtedly, to have fatis- 

 fied me ; but T am no lefs fo with the honourable 

 profeflions of friendfliip which have been tendered 

 to me, by perfons of all conditions, and of both 

 fexes, mod of whom are unknown to me. Some 

 diftinguiflied me by their viiits ; and others, by 

 epiftolary addreffes the mod affeding, conveying 

 their thanks for my Book, as if, in giving it to the 

 Pubhc, I had conferred a perfonal obligation on 

 themfelves. Several of them have invited me to 



* I have been informed, that, within thefe four months, 

 they had found their way to Lyons, to Marfeilles, to Toulon, 

 and, undoubtedly, to other places ; fo that the bookfellers of 

 thofe cities have not been provided, for four months paft, with 

 copies of my Edition, by which the fale of it has been confider- 

 ably checked. An infringement fo unjuftifiable of the rights of 

 property of Authors, and of their privileges, and fo contrary to 

 Royal authority, ought certainly to be difcouraged. And r^ook 

 for redrefs againfl thefe afts of injuftice from the equity of the 

 Ma^iftrate who prefides over the Prefs. 



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