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Alzira : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields.

Title: Alzira : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: London : Printed for John Osborn, at the Golden Ball in Pater-noster-Row, 1736.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-141	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-141	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-142	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Description

xiv, [2], 56 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 20 cm. (8vo)

Subjects

Incas > History > 16th century > Drama
Noble savage > Drama
Peru > History > Conquest, 1522-1548 > Drama

Note

Translated and adapted from Voltaire's Alzire.
Dedication signed by the translator, Aaron Hill.
Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-H⁴.
Illustrations: 1 print : engraving ; full-page. Signed Clark sc. -- Woodcut t.p. ornament (beehive); ornamental tailpiece.
Title page printed in red and black.
Another edition, with the same imprint and collation, has the t.p. printed in black, with t.p. ornament depicting a mask.

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

Provenance (note)

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-141

LCCN

15013069

OCLC

5521528
NYPG00-B6573

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Alzira : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn Fields.

Imprint

London : Printed for John Osborn, at the Golden Ball in Pater-noster-Row, 1736.

Indexed In:

Sabin 100710

ESTC (RLIN) T21310

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 20

Provenance

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Local Note

00-141: Leaf D2 unsigned. 19 cm.

000-142: Leaf D2 signed "E2". Frontispiece wanting.

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Added Author

Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750.

Clark, active 1736. Engraver

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-141

*KGV (Voltaire. Alzire. English. 1736) 00-142

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