Research Catalog

Title

The general history and state of Europe, from the time of Charlemain to Charles V : with a preliminary view of the Oriental empires / written originally in French by M. de Voltaire.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Publication

London : Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1754-1657 [i.e. 1757]

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Details

Additional Authors

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Description

6 pts. in 3 v.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Subjects

• World history > Early works to 1800
• Europe > History > 476-1492
• Europe > History > 1492-1648

Note

• Translation of: Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations.
• General title varies. Pts. 2-6: The general history and state of Europe.
• Statement of responsibility varies. Pts. 4-6: Translated from the Geneva edition of M. de Voltaire.
• Publisher statement varies slightly. Pt. 3 lacks comma after "Street"; pts. 4-6 lack commas after "Norse," "Lamb" and "Street."
• Pts. [1]-2 issued together, paged continuously; pt. [1] lacks part designation; pt. 2 without t.p., has half title: The general history and state of Europe. Part II.
• Part designation on t.p. of pts. 3-6: Part III[-VI and last].
• Pts. 3-6 each have special t.p. and separate paging and signatures. Pts. 3-4 dated 1755 and 1657 (i.e. 1757) respectively, but presumably issued together, as were pts. 5-6; latter designated "Vol. III, part V[-VI]"at foot of first p. of each gathering.
• Date appears on title pages as: MDCCLIV (pts. [1]-2); MDCCLV (pt. 3); MDC[C]LVII (pts. 4-6).
• Vol. 1: Distinguished from a later ed. by the presence of 3 uncorrected errata on p. 259, 298 and 316; publisher statement on t.p. has commas following "Nourse," "Lamb" and "Street."
• Rousseau 108 describes v. 1 only; Rousseau 109-112 describes a variant ed. of pts. 3-6, with title: The universal history and state of all nations. Evans describes v. 1 only.
• Vol. [1] (pts. [1]-2): [8], 416 p.; v. [2], pt. 3: xxiv, 215, [1] p.; v. [2], pt. 4: [4], 206, [2] p.; v. 3, pt. 5: [4], 250, [2] p.; v. 3, pt. 6: [4], 215, [1] p.
• Signatures: Vol. [1]: [A]⁴ B-2D⁸; v. [2], pt. 3: A⁸ a⁴ B-O⁸ P⁴; v. [2], pt. 4: [A]² B-O⁸; v. 3, pt. 5: [A]² B-Q⁸ R⁶; v. 3, pt. 6: [A]² B-O⁸ P⁴.
• Type flower ornaments; ornamental tailpieces.
• Publisher's advertisements: pt. 3, p. [216]; pt. 4, p. [207-208]; pt. 5, p. [251-252]; pt. 6, p. [216].
• Errata: v. 1, p. [8] (1st group). In this ed., 4 errata are noted (4 lines).

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC (RLIN)
• Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
• Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121)

Provenance (note)

• Copy in *KGV: Martin J. Gross Collection; Ro. Abercrombie (autographs); Beauchamp C. Urquhart of Meldrum and Byth (armorial bookplate); Oscar Benjamin Cintras, Havana (bookplate).

Contents

(from title pages) Pts. [1]-2. [Without special title] -- pt. 3. From the reign of Charles VII, King of France, to the commencement of the reign of the Emperor Charles V -- pt. 4. From the beginning ofthe sixteenth century to the death of the Emperor Charles V, in 1556 -- pt. 5. Containing the affairs of Spain, England, and Holland, from the middle to the end of the sixteenth century; and of France from the death of Francis I to the age of Lewis XIV -- pt. 6. Containing the affairs of Spain, Germany, England, Holland, Italy and the northern powers in the seventeenth century, which connects the whole with the age of Lewis XIV.

Call Number

BTC (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. General history and state of Europe)

OCLC

• 35072349
• NYPGR35072349-B

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

The general history and state of Europe, from the time of Charlemain to Charles V : with a preliminary view of the Oriental empires / written originally in French by M. de Voltaire.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb, opposite Katherine-Street, in the Strand, 1754-1657 [i.e. 1757]

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T137606

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 108

Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 207

Provenance

Copy in *KGV: Martin J. Gross Collection; Ro. Abercrombie (autographs); Beauchamp C. Urquhart of Meldrum and Byth (armorial bookplate); Oscar Benjamin Cintras, Havana (bookplate).

Local Note

Binding (copy in *KGV): Contemporary calf, gilt; red morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Voltaire's state of Europe.

Added Author

Abercrombie, Robert, 1712-1780. Former owner

Urquhart, Beauchamp C. Former owner

Cintras, Oscar Benjamin. Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

BTC (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. General history and state of Europe)

*KGV (Voltaire. Essai sur les moeurs. English. 1754) 00-209