Paul Henri Mallet
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"I mean not however to include all the learned of our country under this observation.—The names of Hurd, Beattie, Warton, Percy, and Mallet, are an honourable exception, a subject that has been thought worthy of any portion of their time and attention, cannot be undeserving the notice and protection of the public. It is with sincere pleasure I add a name that will not disgrace the list, a writer of my own sex, Mrs. Dobson the elegant writer of the History of the Troubadours and The Memoirs Ancient Chivalry."--The Progress of Romance (1785) by Clara Reeve |
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Paul Henri Mallet (20 August 1730 – 8 February 1807) was a Genevan writer.
His book Monuments de la mythologie et de la poesie des Celtes, et particulierement des anciens Scandinaves, was issued in 1756, and was also translated into Danish. A translation into English, with notes and preface, by Bishop Thomas Percy, was issued in 1770 under the title of Northern Antiquities (republished with additions in 1847).
The book had a wide circulation, and attracted much attention on account of its being the first (though a very defective) translation into French of the Edda.
