Research Catalog

Title

The ignorant philosopher : with an address to the public upon the parricides imputed to the families of Calas and Sirven / translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Publication

London : Printed for S. Bladon, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1767.

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Details

Additional Authors

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Description

[8], 206, [2] p.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Subjects

• Deism > Early works to 1800
• Sirven, Pierre-Paul, 1709-1777
• Judicial error > France > Early works to 1800
• Metaphysics > Early works to 1800
• Calas, Marc-Antoine, -1761
• Calas, Jean, 1698-1762
• Belief and doubt > Early works to 1800
• Religious tolerance > Early works to 1800

Note

• Translation of: Le philosophe ignorant.
• Signatures: [A]⁴ B-O⁸.
• Woodcut t.p. ornament; ornamental head- and tailpieces.
• Publisher's advertisements: p. [207-208].
• "A short digression": p. 129-131.
• "An Indian adventure, translated by the Ignoramus": p. 132-137.
• "A short commentary of the Ignoramus, upon the Elogium of the Dauphin of France, composed by Mr. Thomas": p. 138-148.
• "An address to the public upon the parricides imputed to the families of Calas and Sirven": p. 149-206.

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)

Provenance (note)

• Martin J. Gross Collection; A.S. Herrington (autograph on half title, dated Cambridge, Jan.13, 1931; with his ms. notes and marginal scorings.

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Philosophe. English. 1767) 01-70

LCCN

14015338

OCLC

• 8193620
• NYPG01-B2058

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

The ignorant philosopher : with an address to the public upon the parricides imputed to the families of Calas and Sirven / translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.

Imprint

London : Printed for S. Bladon, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1767.

Indexed In:

ESTC (RLIN) T137605

BN, v. 214, col. 1455, no. 4082

Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 310

Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 450

Provenance

Martin J. Gross Collection; A.S. Herrington (autograph on half title, dated Cambridge, Jan.13, 1931; with his ms. notes and marginal scorings.

Local Note

Binding: Contemporary calf, gilt. Front board detached.

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Added Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Avis au public sur les parricides imputés aux Calas et aux Sirven. English. 1767.

Herrington, A. S. Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Philosophe. English. 1767) 01-70