1651 in literature

The cover of the first edition of The Criticon ( El Criticón ) by Balthasar Gracian (1651)

The cover of the first edition of Thomas Hobbes “The Leviathan, or Matter, Form and Power of the Church and Civil State” (1651)

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Published the work of Thomas Hobbes "Leviathan, or Matter, the form and power of the church and civil state . "
Christian Huygens published “Reasoning on the Quadrature of a Hyperbola , an Ellipse, and a Circle ”.
Maren Leroy de Gomberville published the emblematic treatise "Doctrine of Morals" (La Doctrine des moeurs).
Francisco de Quevedo 's book Virtud militante contra las cuatro pestes del mundo y cuatro fantasmas de la vida was published (posthumously).
Balthasar Gracian 's El Criticón book published
The polemical work Defensio pro Populo Anglicano by John Milton is published.
The comic novel by Paul Scarron began to be published.
Published in Rome, the prayer book " Abagar " of Bishop Nikopolsky Philip Stanislavov.
The collected works of the English poet William Cartwright came out .
The second fundamental work of William Harvey, “Studies on the Origin of Animals” (Exercitationes de generatione animalium), was published.
The poetic translation of Imitation de Jésus Christ by Pierre Cornell .
The poetic translation of Odes sacrées by Honor de Bueil de Racan .
The works of Catechismus pro iis qui volunt suscipere Baptismum in octo dies divisus and Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum were published in Rome.

April 6 - Andre Dacier , French classic philologist and translator (died 1722).
August 6 - Francois Fenelon , French clergyman, writer. The author of the famous novel " The Adventures of Telemachus " - a literary bestseller of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
November 12 - Juana Ines de la Cruz , Mexican poetess (died 1695).
December 21 - Dimitry of Rostov , Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Rostov and Yaroslavl; spiritual writer (died 1709).
December - John Tobolsky , Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Chernigov and Novgorod-Seversky, Metropolitan of Tobolsk and all Siberia, author of numerous poetic works (died 1715).
William Dampier , English navigator and privateer, author of the two-volume “A New Journey Around the World” (died 1715).

Dimitri (Tuptalo) - Metropolitan of Rostov, church figure, writer, speaker.
Engelbert Kempfer , a German traveler, author of books about his travels, including, “The newest states of Kazan, Astrakhan, Georgia and many others, the tsar, the Sultan and the Shah paid tribute and were subject to ...” (died 1716).
Ilya Fedorovich Kopievsky , Belarusian enlightener, publisher, translator, poet, writer (died 1714).
Mukai Körai , Japanese poet (died 1704).
Manuel de Oms , Spanish diplomat, writer (died 1710).
Madame d'Onoy , French writer, one of the authors of the classic French tale (died 1705).

May 21 - Jean Pos , French clergyman, writer.
October 6 - Heinrich Albert , German musician, composer, poet, writer (born 1604).
October 7 - Jacques Sirmon , French theologian, historian and writer.
November 10 - Job Pochaevsky , reverend Pochaev, author of "The Book of Job Iron, Father Superior of Pochaevskago, with his authoritative hand written" (in 1884 was published under the title "Bee Pochaevskaya").
December 6 - Anna Wissher , Dutch poetess (b. 1583).
December 14 - Pierre Dupuis , French historian, bibliographer, author of a number of historical works (genus 1582).
Andrzej Leszczynski , statesman of the Commonwealth, governor of Derpt, poet.
Neil Myrrh-streaming , Athos hermit, author of ascetic writings.
Isaiah Trofimovich-Kozlovsky , Orthodox church leader, writer.