''Histoire des Ouvrages des Savans'' was a scholarly journal edited by Henri Basnage de Beauval and published by

Reinier Leers Reinier Leers (1654 – 1714) was a publisher in Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte (river), Rotte'') is the second largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Net ...

, starting in September 1687. It was styled after the journal, ''

Nouvelles de la république des lettres ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'' (''News from the Republic of Letters'') was a periodical devoted to reviews of current publications, edited and in large part written by Pierre Bayle. It began publication in 1684, and is the first known ...

'', which had been edited by

Pierre Bayle Pierre Bayle (; 18 November 1647 – 28 December 1706) was a French philosopher, author, and lexicographer. A Huguenot, Bayle fled to the Dutch Republic in 1681 because of religious persecution in France. He is best known for his '' Histori ...

, whose health had failed in that year.

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