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Le cathecumene

Title
Le cathecumene / traduit du chinois.
Author
Bordes, Charles, 1711-1781
Publication
A Amsterdam [that is, Geneva] : [Gabriel Grasset?], 1768.

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Additional Authors
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Grasset, Gabriel, 1725-1782
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
29 pages, page 41, [2] pages; 20 cm (8vo)
Alternative Title
  • Catéchumène
  • Cathecumene, traduit du chinois
Subjects
Genre/Form
Controversial literature.
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.
  • Probable name of publisher deduced from use of title page ornament reproduced in "Voltaire and Cramer?" by Andrew Brown and Ulla Kölving (in Le siècle de Voltaire (Oxford, 1987), 149-183) as no. L of "Woodcut ornaments used by Gabriel Grasset, 1764-1780." BN/BnF gives publisher as Cramer.
  • Signatures: A-B⁸. Leaf B8 blank. A4 signed "Aiiij."
  • Error in paging: Page 30 misnumbered 41.
  • Woodcut title page vignette (pelican on rock, with other birds); type flower headpiece and factotum.
Indexed In (note)
  • Bibliothèque nationale (France). Catalogue général des livres imprimés de la Bibliothèque nationale: auteurs
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF catalogue général
  • Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-huitième siècle
  • Bengesco, G. Voltaire
Provenance (note)
  • Henri Monod (monogram in gold on front cover; bookplate with motto "Libro liber"; bookplate described in Meyer-Noirel, G. Répertoire général des ex-libris français des origines à l'époque moderne, t. 14, supplement, M0195).
Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire. Lettres d'Amabed. 1769) 01-38
OCLC
892645629
Author
Bordes, Charles, 1711-1781, author.
Title
Le cathecumene / traduit du chinois.
Publisher
A Amsterdam [that is, Geneva] : [Gabriel Grasset?], 1768.
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 2873
Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF catalogue général, FRBNF361218505104 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36121850s/
Cioranescu, A. Bibliographie de la littérature française du dix-huitième siècle, t. 1, entry 12925.
Bengesco, G. Voltaire, t. 4, 2409
Provenance
Copy in *KGV 15-71: Henri Monod (monogram in gold on front cover; bookplate with motto "Libro liber"; bookplate described in Meyer-Noirel, G. Répertoire général des ex-libris français des origines à l'époque moderne, t. 14, supplement, M0195). NN
Local Note
NYPL copy: Last leaf, blank, wanting.
Copy in *KGV (Voltaire. Lettres d'Amabed. 1769) 01-38: With: Voltaire. Lettres d'Amabed. [Geneva : Cramer, 1769]. Number 6 of 6 items bound together subsequent to publication.
Copy in *KGV 15-71: With: Voltaire. Le dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers. A Rome [that is, London] : [publisher not identified], 1768. -- Voltaire. L'homme aux quarante écus. A Paris [that is, London?] : [publisher not identified; Cooper?], 1768. -- Voltaire. Fragment des instructions pour le prince royal de ***. A Berlin [that is, Geneva] : [Gabriel Grasset?], MDCCLXVIII [1768]
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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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.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 15-71
*KGV (Voltaire. Lettres d'Amabed. 1769) 01-38
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