| Family Name: | La Roche | ||||||
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| First Name: | Michel de | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Châtellerault | ||||||
| Death Date: | Thu, Apr 26, 1742 | ||||||
| Death Place: | London | ||||||
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Translations
| Original Title | Translation title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionnaire historique et critique |
An Historical and Critical Dictionary
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Pierre Bayle |
| Stato della religione cattolica in tutto il mondo per la santita di nostro signore Innocentio XI. |
An Account of the State of the Roman Catholic Religion throughout the World, written for the Use of Pope Innocent XI. by Monsignor Cerri, Secretary of the Congregation de propaganda Fide. Now first translated from an authentick Italian MS. never published
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Urbano Cerri |
| A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion |
A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion
|
Samuel Clarke |
| Historie der Reformatie en andre kerklyke geschiedenissen in en omtrent de Nederlanden |
Histoire Abrégée de la Reformation des Pais Bas
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Geeraert Brandt |
Other works
| Title | Publication Year | Publisher | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memoirs of literature containing a weekly account of the state of learning both at home and abroad | R. Knaplock and P. Vaillant | ||
| Memoirs of Literature or the English and foreign library | 1717 | ||
| Bibliothèque angloise, ou Histoire littéraire de la Grande-Bretagne | Veuve de Paul Marret | ||
| Mémoires littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne | Isaac Vaillant | ||
| New Memoirs of Literature | William and John Innys | ||
| A Literary Journal or a Continuation of the Memoirs of Literature | R. Knaplock, P. Dunoyer and J. Roberts |
translations activities
La Roche was commissioned by Des Maizeaux and his contacts to translate works, and may have been responsible for more translations than listed here. In addition, La Roche published translated extracts of many works in his periodicals.
secondary bibliography references
Margaret Thomas, article in Dictionnaire des Journalistes.
Christiane Berkvens-Stevelinck, “La Réception de l’Historie der Reformatie de Gerard Brandt et son influence sur la conception de la tolérance hollandaise”, in The Emergence of Tolerance in the Dutch Republic, ed. C.Berkvens-Stevelinck, J.Israel and G.H.M. Posthumus Myjes, Brill, 1997, p.131-140.
Ann Thomson, « In defence of toleration. La Roche’s Bibliothèque angloise and Mémoires littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne », Cultural transfers: France and Britain in the long eighteenth century, ed. Ann Thomson, Simon Burrows and Edmond Dziembowski, with Sophie Audidière, Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 2010 (SVEC 2010:4), p.161-74.
Translations
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Dictionnaire historique et critique
- Translation Title: An Historical and Critical Dictionary
- Original Author: Pierre Bayle
- Original title: Dictionnaire historique et critique
- Publ. Year From: 1696 to:
- lang: French
- Title: Dictionnaire historique et critique
- Publisher: Reinier Leers
- Pub. Place: Rotterdam
- Pub. Year: 1701
- Note:
This edition is greatly expanded.
- Translation: An Historical and Critical Dictionary
- Publisher: C. Harper, D. Brown, J. Tonson, A. and J. Churchill, T. Horne, T. Goodwin, R. Knaplock, J. Taylor, A. Bell, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Lintott, W. Lewis
- N° Editions: 2
- Pub. Place: London
- Pub. Date: 1709
- Lang: English
- Note:
The translation incorporated further additions from Bayle's manuscripts.
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Stato della religione cattolica in tutto il mondo per la santita di nostro signore Innocentio XI.
- Translation Title: An Account of the State of the Roman Catholic Religion throughout the World, written for the Use of Pope Innocent XI. by Monsignor Cerri, Secretary of the Congregation de propaganda Fide. Now first translated from an authentick Italian MS. never published
- Original Author: Urbano Cerri
- Original title: Stato della religione cattolica in tutto il mondo per la santita di nostro signore Innocentio XI.
- lang: Italian
- Note:
The manuscript is dated 1677
- Translation: An Account of the State of the Roman Catholic Religion throughout the World, written for the Use of Pope Innocent XI. by Monsignor Cerri, Secretary of the Congregation de propaganda Fide. Now first translated from an authentick Italian MS. never published
- Publisher: J. Roberts
- N° Editions: 2
- Pub. Place: London
- Lang: English
- Note:
Published by Richard Steele together with a 'Discourse concerning the State of Religion in England. Written in French, in the Time of K. Charles I. and now first translated. With a large dedication to the present pope; giving Him a very particular Account of the State of Religion amongst protestants; and of several other Matters of Importance relating to Great-Britain'
The identity of the translator of the 'Account' is indicated in the Preface, but not that of the 'Discourse', who may be La Roche or another translator.
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A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion
- Translation Title: A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion
- Original Author: Samuel Clarke
- Original title: A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion
- lang: English
- Note:
- Translation: A Collection of Papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibniz and Dr Clarke in the years 1715 to 1716 relating to the principles of natural philosophy and religion
- Publisher: James Knapton
- N° Editions: 3
- Pub. Place: London
- Lang: French
- Note:
The volume printed the letters by Leibniz and Clarke in both French and English on facing pages. La Roche translated Clarke's letters into French, but he asked Des Maizeaux not to indicate in his Preface that he was the author of the translation.
The French version was republished in Pierre Des Maizeaux's Recueil de diverses pièces sur la philosophie, la religion naturelle, l’histoire, les mathématiques, par Mrs Leibniz, Clarke, Newton etc, H. du Sauzet, Amsterdam, 1720, I, p. 1-199, under the title "Difficultés de M. Leibniz contre les sentiments de quelques célèbres écrivains anglais; touchant les Principes de la Philosophie, & de la Théologie Naturelle: avec les Réponses de M. Clarke"
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Historie der Reformatie en andre kerklyke geschiedenissen in en omtrent de Nederlanden
- Translation Title: Histoire Abrégée de la Reformation des Pais Bas
- Original Author: Geeraert Brandt
- Original title: Historie der Reformatie en andre kerklyke geschiedenissen in en omtrent de Nederlanden
- lang: Dutch
- Title: A History of the Reformation and other Ecclesiastical Transactions in and about the Low-countries
- Publisher: Tim Childe
- Pub. Place: London
- Lang: English
- Note:
The English translation was done by Richard Chamberlayne
- Translation: Histoire Abrégée de la Reformation des Pais Bas
- Publisher: Pierre Gosse
- N° Editions: 1
- Pub. Place: The Hague
- Lang: French
- Note:
Parts of this abridged translation of Chamberlayne's English version were first published in instalments in La Roche's Bibliothèque angloise, vol.V, 1719, p. 431-516 and Mémoires littéraires de la Grande-Bretagne, vol.1, 1729, p. 38-96.
