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The history of the misfortunes of John Calas : a victim to fanaticism. To which is added, A letter from M. Calas to his wife and children

Title
The history of the misfortunes of John Calas : a victim to fanaticism. To which is added, A letter from M. Calas to his wife and children / written by M. de Voltaire.
Publication
Edinburgh : Printed by P. Williamson, 1776.

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Additional Authors
  • Blin de Sainmore, Adrien Michel Hyacinthe, 1733-1807.
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
viii, 48 p.; 20 cm. (8vo)
Alternative Title
Histoire des malheurs, de la famille Calas, suivie d'une lettre de Jean Calas, a sa femme, et a ses enfans.
Subjects
Note
  • The letter is a verse epistle, in French, with caption title: Lettre de Jean Calas, a sa femme et a ses enfans (p. [41]-48). Introduction (p. 35-39) has caption title: Histoire des malheurs, de la famille Calas, suivie d'une lettre de Jean Calas, a sa femme, et a ses enfans.
  • Letter is not by Voltaire, but by A.M.H. Blin de Sainmore. Cf. Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 56b, p. 103-111.
  • Previously published: London : T. Sherlock, 1772.
  • Signatures: [A]⁴ B-F⁴ H⁴.
  • "List of the nobility and gentry, who have subscribed to releive [sic] the family of Calas": p. [iii]-viii.
  • Some copies have an extra leaf of subscribers; cf. ESTC, which gives paging as "ix, [1], 48 p."
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)
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Call Number
AGI p.v. 2
OCLC
  • 8843279
  • NYPGR8843279-B
Title
The history of the misfortunes of John Calas : a victim to fanaticism. To which is added, A letter from M. Calas to his wife and children / written by M. de Voltaire.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Printed by P. Williamson, 1776.
Indexed In:
ESTC (RLIN) T67188
Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire. p. 976-1032), 321
Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 115
Provenance
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Local Note
Copy in AGI p.v. 2 incomplete: p. vii-viii wanting.
Copy in *KGV has 4 names added in ms. at end of list of subscribers.
Added Author
Blin de Sainmore, Adrien Michel Hyacinthe, 1733-1807. Lettre de Jean Calas à sa femme, et a ses enfans. 1776.
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Attributed name
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Added Title
Histoire des malheurs, de la famille Calas, suivie d'une lettre de Jean Calas, a sa femme, et a ses enfans.
Research Call Number
AGI p.v. 2
*KGV (Voltaire) 01-187
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