Jean de La Bruyère

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Jean de La Bruyère, detail of an engraving by Pierre Drevet from Saint-Jean's frontispiece of a 1697 edition of Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec avec Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle.

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Born	August 1645 • Paris • France
Died	May 10, 1696 or May 11, 1696 • Versailles • France
Notable Works	“Characters, or the Manners of the Age, with The Characters of Theophrastus”

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