polexandre

Updated: May 15, 2025

But, of the real thing, the first importation was Polexandre, in 1647, followed by Cassandra and Ibrahim in 1652, Artamenes in 1653, Cleopatra in 1654-8, and Clélie in 1655, all, it will be observed, published in England before the close of the Commonwealth. Dorothy Osborne, who had studied the French originals, turned up her nose at these translations.

Edmund Gosse - Gossip in a Library