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The man worth forty crowns of M. de Voltaire

Title: The man worth forty crowns of M. de Voltaire / translated from the French, with notes, historical and critical, by T. Smollett, M.D. and T. Francklin.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell ..., 1778.

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116, [4] p.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Uniform Title

Homme aux quarante écus. English

Alternative Title

Homme aux quarante écus.
Man worth forty crowns.

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Note

Translation of: L'homme aux quarante écus (originally published 1768).
Satirical response to Le Mercier de la Rivière's L'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques, Roussel de la Tour's La richesse de l'état and other works of the physiocrats. Cf. Quérard, X, p. 324 (Bib. voltairienne, no. 1590); introd. by B.M. Bloesch to the ed. in Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 66, p. 213-264.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-P⁴.
Publisher's advertisements (Bell's Book-Store): p. [118-120].
Translation originally published in v. 36 of The works of M. de Voltaire (London, 1769).

Indexed In (note)

Evans
Hildeburn, C. Pennsylvania imprints
Seguin, J.A.R. French works in English translation
Bowe, F. French lit. in early American translation
Wagoner, M. Smollett

Call Number

Schlosser 274a

OCLC

NYPG89-B61786

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

The man worth forty crowns of M. de Voltaire / translated from the French, with notes, historical and critical, by T. Smollett, M.D. and T. Francklin.

Imprint

Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell ..., 1778.

Indexed In:

Evans 16161

Hildeburn, C. Pennsylvania imprints, 3826

Seguin, J.A.R. French works in English translation, V, no. 699

Bowe, F. French lit. in early American translation, F797

Wagoner, M. Smollett, 659

Local Note

With: Roberts, R. Seven rational sermons / written ... by a lady ... 1777 -- Select essays ... / collected from the Dictionary of arts and sciences ... 1777. Bound together subsequent to publication by the publisher/bookseller?

Provenance: "Presented by William Trautwine? to Joseph H. Siddatt?, May 7, 1866"--Inscription on free front endpaper.

Added Author

Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.

Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784.

Added Title

Man worth forty crowns.

Research Call Number

Schlosser 274a

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