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A treatise on religious toleration : occasioned by the execution of the unfortunate John Calas, unjustly condemned and broken upon the wheel at Toulouse, for the supposed murder of his own son

Title: A treatise on religious toleration : occasioned by the execution of the unfortunate John Calas, unjustly condemned and broken upon the wheel at Toulouse, for the supposed murder of his own son / translated from the French of Mr. de Voltaire, by the translator of Eloisa, Emilius, &c.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, in the Strand, 1764.

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Description

[8], 247, [1] p.; 22 cm. (8vo)

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Note

Translation of: Traité sur la tolérance.
BN and Renwick attribute translation to Thomas Nugent. Evans attributes to William Kenrick.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁸ R⁴.
Ornamental tailpieces.
Publisher's advertisements: p. [248].

Indexed In (note)

ESTC (RLIN)
BN
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)
Renwick, J. Traité sur la tolérance. Editions, extracts and translations (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 56C, p. 98-115)

Provenance (note)

Copy in *KGV: Martin J. Gross Collection; Charles Anderson (autograph on t.p., dated June 26, 1815; inscription: "This book is kept as a proof of the atheism, and infidelity of Voltaire").

Call Number

ZKH (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Treatise on religious toleration)

OCLC

3496514
NYPGR3496514-B

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

A treatise on religious toleration : occasioned by the execution of the unfortunate John Calas, unjustly condemned and broken upon the wheel at Toulouse, for the supposed murder of his own son / translated from the French of Mr. de Voltaire, by the translator of Eloisa, Emilius, &c.

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, in the Strand, 1764.

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T137894

BN, v. 214, col. 1434, no. 3983

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 379

Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 516

Renwick, J. Traité sur la tolérance. Editions, extracts and translations (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 56C, p. 98-115), p. 114-115

Provenance

Copy in *KGV: Martin J. Gross Collection; Charles Anderson (autograph on t.p., dated June 26, 1815; inscription: "This book is kept as a proof of the atheism, and infidelity of Voltaire").

Local Note

Binding (copy in *KGV): Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, gilt; red morocco spine label. Binder's title: Voltaire on toleration. Front board detached.

Added Author

Kenrick, W. (William), 1725?-1779. Attributed name

Nugent, Thomas, 1700?-1772. Attributed name

Anderson, Charles. Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

ZKH (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Treatise on religious toleration)

*KGV (Voltaire. Traite. English. 1764) 01-130

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