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Poemes sur le desastre de Lisbonne et sur la loi naturelle : avec des prefaces, des notes, &c.

Title
Poemes sur le desastre de Lisbonne et sur la loi naturelle : avec des prefaces, des notes, &c.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication
A Geneve : [Cramer, 1756]

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Description
51, [1] p.; 20 cm (8vo)
Subjects
Note
  • "Avec approbation et permission."
  • Both works are by Voltaire. Cf. Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, III, col. 922.
  • First authorized ed. "The first edition published by Voltaire (with Cramer) at the end of March 1756, and the first with a preface and notes"--Mason & Wynn.
  • Previous unauthorized editions published under titles Poème sur la destruction de Lisbonne and La religion naturelle, respectively.
  • Signatures: A-C⁸ D². Leaf D2v blank.
  • Woodcut head- and tailpieces.
Indexed In (note)
  • BN
  • Bengesco, G. Voltaire
  • Mason & Wynn. Poème sur la loi naturelle, editions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 32B, p. 29-42)
Contents
Avis des editeurs (on t.p. verso) -- Preface de l'auteur -- Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne, ou, Examen de cet axiome, tout est bien -- Notes -- Preface sur le poeme de la loi naturelle -- La loi naturelle : poeme en quatre parties -- Notes.
Call Number
*KGV 08-544
OCLC
10952310
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Title
Poemes sur le desastre de Lisbonne et sur la loi naturelle : avec des prefaces, des notes, &c.
Imprint
A Geneve : [Cramer, 1756]
Indexed In:
BN, v. 214, col. 1015-1016, no. 2303-2304
Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 613
Mason & Wynn. Poème sur la loi naturelle, editions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 32B, p. 29-42), 56
Local Note
NYPL copy imperfect: Title page mutilated; the approbration has been excised. Same mutilation in BN no. 2304 and a Geneva copy noted by Mason & Wynn.
Bound 2nd in a vol. containing 6 works. Title on spine: Poemes. First work: Palissot de Montenoy, Charles. La Dunciade, ou, La guerre des sots. Chelsea [i.e. Netherlands? : s.n.], 1764.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Voltaire, 1694-1778. Poème sur la loi naturelle.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 08-544
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