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Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.

Title: Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: A Dresde : Chez George Conrad Walther, libraire du roi, 1748-1750.

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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 9	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 9	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.	v. 8	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 8	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.	v. 7	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 7	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.	v. 6	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 6	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.	v. 5	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 5	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.	v. 4	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 4	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.	v. 3	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 3	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.	v. 2	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 2	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.	v. 1	Text	Restricted use	*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103 v. 1	Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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9 v. : ill., port.; 20 cm. (8vo)

Note

Date of publication precedes name of publisher on t.p. Vols. 1-8: 1748; v. 9: 1750.
"À Leipsic, de l'imprimerie de Jean Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, l748": v. 8, p. 264. "Imprimé à Leipsic, chez Jean Gottl. Imman. Breitkopf, 1750": v. 9, p. 304.
A 10th vol. was issued in 1754. Cf. BN 33-34.
Signatures: v. 1: pi² 2pi⁸ *⁸ A-Z⁸ 2A⁴; v. 2: pi² A-X⁸ Y⁶; v. 3: pi² A-2A⁸ 2B⁴; v. 4: pi² A-2F⁸; v. 5: A-2G⁸ 2H⁴; v. 6: pi² A-S⁸; v. 7: pi² A-S⁸ T⁴; v. 8: pi² A-Q⁸ R⁴; v. 9: pi² A-T⁸.
Title pages printed in red and black.
Engraved vignette on title pages; ornamental head- and tailpieces.
Illustrations: 38 prints : engraving, etching ; full-page. Comprise port. by J.-J. Balechou after M. Quentin de La Tour; 11 ill. to La Henriade, by J.M. Bernigeroth; 9 ill. to the dramas in v. 4-5, by Bernigeroth; and 17 leaves of diagrams (70 figs.) in v. 6.
Errata: v. 1, p. 376; v. 2, p. 378; v. 3, p. 392; v. 4, p. 464; v. 5, p. 488; v. 6, p. [288]; v. 7, p. [296]; v. 8, p. 264.
Vols. 6-7 include index.

Indexed In (note)

BN
Bengesco, G. Voltaire

Provenance (note)

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Contents

Vol. 1. La Henriade. Essay sur la poesie epique. Dissertation sur la mort d'Henry IV. [36], 376 p., [11] leaves of plates -- v. 2. Melanges de litterature et de philosophie. [4], 378 [i.e. 348] p. -- v. 3. Lettres. Lettres en vers. Discours en vers sur l'homme. Odes. Poesies diverses. Le temple du gout. Samson. Pandore. Le poëme de Fontenoy. [4], 392 p. -- v. 4. L'OEdipe. Herode et Mariamne. L'indiscret. Brutus. Le fanatisme, ou, Mahomet le prophete. [4], 464 p., [5] leaves of plates -- v. 5. Zayre. Alzire, ou, Les Americains. L'enfant prodigue. La mort de Cesar. Mérope. [4], 488 p., [4] leaves of plates. -- v. 6. Metaphysique. Physique neutonienne. [4], 280, [8] p., [17] leaves of plates. -- v. 7. Histoire de Charles XII. [20], 280, [16] p. -- v. 8. Zadig. Le monde comme il va. Discours de Mr. Voltaire à sa reception à l'Academie française. La prude, ou, La gardeuse de cassette. [4], 264 p. -- v. 9. Dissertation sur la tragedie ancienne et moderne. Semiramis. Eloge funebre des officiers qui sont morts dans la guerre de 1741. Des mensonges imprimés. Des titres. Sottise des deux parts. Memnon. Lettres. Nanine, ou, L'homme sans prejugé. [4], 304 p.

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103

OCLC

NYPG02-B1198

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire.

Imprint

A Dresde : Chez George Conrad Walther, libraire du roi, 1748-1750.

Edition

Nouvelle edition / revue, corrigée et considerablement augmentée par l'auteur ; enrichie de figures en taille-douce.

Indexed In:

BN, v. 214, col. 25-29, no. 28

Bengesco, G. Voltaire, IV, no. 2129

Provenance

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Local Note

Vols. 2-4, 7-9: leaf A1 bound preceding t.p.; v. 6: leaf B1 bound preceding t.p.

Binding: 19th century marbled paper boards, gilt, with pale green morocco spine labels.

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Bernigeroth, Johann Martin, 1713-1767. Engraver

Balechou, Jean-Joseph, 1716-1764. Engraver

La Tour, Maurice Quentin de, 1704-1788. Illustrator

Martin J. Gross Collection. NN

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Works. 1748) 02-103

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