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Historical and critical memoirs of the life and writings of M. de Voltaire : interspersed with numerous anecdotes, poetical pieces, epigrams and bon mots, little known, and never before published in English, relative to the literati of France : particularly the life of the celebrated J.B. Rousseau, as written by Voltaire; and the history of the famous libellous couplets

Title
Historical and critical memoirs of the life and writings of M. de Voltaire : interspersed with numerous anecdotes, poetical pieces, epigrams and bon mots, little known, and never before published in English, relative to the literati of France : particularly the life of the celebrated J.B. Rousseau, as written by Voltaire; and the history of the famous libellous couplets / from the French of Dom Chaudon.
Publication
Dublin : Printed for L. White, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Cash, W. M'Kenzie, J. Moore and J. Jones, 1786.

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Additional Authors
  • Chaudon, L. M. (Louis Mayeul), 1737-1817.
  • Servières, baron de
  • Chastenet de Puységur, A.-M.-J. (Armand-Marie-Jacques), 1751-1825.
  • Voltaire, 1694-1778.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
viii, 424, [8] p.; 21 cm. (8vo)
Subjects
Note
  • Translation of: Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de M. de Voltaire, variously attributed to L.M. Chaudon, baron de Servières and A.-M.-J Chastenet de Puységur.
  • Contains 25 letters or extracts from letters by Voltaire. For an enumeration, cf. Bengesco, G. Voltaire, III, no. 1962.
  • This translation first published: London : G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1786.
  • Signatures: A-2D⁸ 2E⁴.
  • "An abstract, historical and critical, of the theatrical works of M. de Voltaire": p. [1-7] at end.
  • Includes index.
Indexed In (note)
  • ESTC
Provenance (note)
  • Martin J. Gross Collection; Marcus Gage (autograph on t.p.).
Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire) 01-151
OCLC
  • 17781485
  • NYPG01-B3062
Title
Historical and critical memoirs of the life and writings of M. de Voltaire : interspersed with numerous anecdotes, poetical pieces, epigrams and bon mots, little known, and never before published in English, relative to the literati of France : particularly the life of the celebrated J.B. Rousseau, as written by Voltaire; and the history of the famous libellous couplets / from the French of Dom Chaudon.
Imprint
Dublin : Printed for L. White, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Cash, W. M'Kenzie, J. Moore and J. Jones, 1786.
Indexed In:
ESTC T063307.
Provenance
Martin J. Gross Collection; Marcus Gage (autograph on t.p.).
Local Note
Binding: Contemporary half sheep and marbled paper boards.
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Added Author
Chaudon, L. M. (Louis Mayeul), 1737-1817. Attributed name
Servières, baron de. Attributed name
Chastenet de Puységur, A.-M.-J. (Armand-Marie-Jacques), 1751-1825. Attributed name
Voltaire, 1694-1778. Correspondence. English. Selections. 1786.
Gage, Marcus. Former owner
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV (Voltaire) 01-151
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