Note 630 — BOOK IV[556] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
The Chef-d'œuvre d'un inconnu, poème heureusement découvert et mis au jour par le docteur Mathanasius is an amusing satire by Hyacinthe Cordonnier (1684-1746), known as Thémiseuil de Saint-Hyacinthe, published in 1714, in the midst of the "quarrel of the ancients and moderns." Its success was maintained throughout the eighteenth century.—T.