Research Catalog

Title

Le cathecumene / traduit du chinois.

Author

Bordes, Charles, 1711-1781

Publication

A Amsterdam [that is, Geneva] : [Gabriel Grasset?], 1769.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Voltaire, 1694-1778
• Voltaire, 1694-1778.
• Grasset, Gabriel, 1725-1782

Description

30 pages; 19 cm (8vo)

Alternative Title

• Cathecumene, traduit du chinois
• Catéchumène

Subjects

• Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Parodies, imitations, etc
• Christianity > Controversial literature > Early works to 1800

Note

• Sometimes attributed to Voltaire, but now generally believed to be by Charles Bordes in imitation of Voltaire's L'ingénu. See BN, no. 2871; Bengesco, G. Voltaire, IV, no. 2409. A.A. Barbier (Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes, 2. éd., 1822-1827, t. 1, entry 2130) ascribed the work to Bordes, but in the 3. éd. (1872-1879, t. 1, columns 535-536), his son revised the attribution in favor of Voltaire.
• "This anti-religious writing was generally attributed to Voltaire, and was more than once included in his works, even by himself; but it seems clear that he was not its author, and that Bordes was, though it was probably edited by Voltaire"--Note by T.D.N. Besterman to a letter by Voltaire (Besterman D14786, published online in Electronic Enlightenment). For further discussion, see article by George B. Watts in Kentucky foreign language quarterly, v. 4 (1957), pages 212-216; Lee, J. Patrick. "Voltaire éditeur de Charles Bordes: Le cathécumène," in Revue Voltaire, no. 4 (2004), pages 161-176.
• Originally published with caption title "Le cathécumène," without publisher information and date, probably by Marc-Michel Rey, Amsterdam, 1767. See BN, entry 2871/BnF FRBNF35943153 (giving date as 1768).
• Also published under titles: Le voyageur catéchumène; L'Américain sensé par hasard en Europe et fait chrétien par complaisance; Le secret de l'Eglise trahi, ou Le catéchumène; Entretiens d'un commerçant du Japon avec des prêtres réfractaires; La religion détruite. See Bengesco, G. Voltaire, t. 4, pages 361-364; Lee (cited above), pages 174-175.
• A line-by-line reprint, with minor textual variations, of the 1768 Gabriel Grasset edition with title and place of publication as above (BN, entry 2873/BnF FRBNF361218505104, with name of publisher given as "Cramer"). In the earlier edition, the last page was wrongly numbered "41," and a woodcut ornament known to have been used by Grasset appeared on the title page. Fingerprint and typographical ornaments are the same in the two editions.
• BN/BnF gives publication information as "Genève : Cramer ou Pellet."
• Signatures: A⁸ B⁸(-B8). A4 signed "Ajv."
• Type flower headpiece; factotum.

Indexed In (note)

• Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale: auteurs
• Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF catalogue général

Call Number

ZAE p.v. 129

OCLC

44768596

Author

Bordes, Charles, 1711-1781, author.

Title

Le cathecumene / traduit du chinois.

Publisher

A Amsterdam [that is, Geneva] : [Gabriel Grasset?], 1769.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale: auteurs, t. 214, column 1153, entry 2875

Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF catalogue général, cFRBNF31604336 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31604336b/

Place of Publication

Switzerland Geneva.

Netherlands Amsterdam.

Added Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778, attributed name.

Imitation of (work): Voltaire, 1694-1778. Ingénu.

Grasset, Gabriel, 1725-1782, publisher.

Research Call Number

ZAE p.v. 129 no. 6