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A defence of the late Lord Bollingbroke's Letters on the study and use of history
- Title
- A defence of the late Lord Bollingbroke's Letters on the study and use of history / by M. Voltaire ; translated from the French.
- Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Publication
- London : Printed for J. Nourse, opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand, 1753.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | no. 1-12 | Text | Use in library | BAC p.v. 9 no. 1-12 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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. Defense de Milord. English. 1753) 02-634 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Martin J. Gross Collection. NN
- Description
- 56 p.; 20 cm. (8vo)
- Subject
- Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
- Formey, Jean-Henri-Samuel, 1711-1797
- König, Samuel, 1712-1757 > Humor
- Maupertuis, 1698-1759 > Humor
- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 > Authorship > Humor
- World history > Early works to 1800
- History > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800
- Authorship, Disputed > Early works to 1800
- Deism > Early works to 1800
- Note
- "The diatriba of Doctor Akakia, the Pope's physician; the decree of the Inquisition, and the report of the professors of Rome in regard to a pretended president. Rome MDCCLIII": p. [27]-56.
- First work is translation of: Défense de Milord Bollingbroke, par le docteur Good Natur'd Vellvisher.
- Second work is translation of: Diatribe du docteur Akakia, médecin du pape ; Decret de l'Inquisition de Rome ; Jugement des professeurs du College de la sapience (published together under title Diatribe du docteur Akakia, médecin du pape).
- First work is a reply to an attack on Voltaire by Jean-Henri-Samuel Formey in Le philosophe chrétien.
- Second work concerns the quarrel between Samuel König and Maupertius over the authenticity of certain letters by Leibniz.
- Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.
- Woodcut ornament on t.p.; ornamental rules on half title leaf.
- Stitched, as issued.
- Indexed In (note)
- ESTC (RLIN)
- 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), 157
- Provenance (note)
- Martin J. Gross Collection; Provenance: William Fellowes of Shottesham Hall, Norfolk (information from vendor).
- Call Number
- BAC p.v. 9, no. 6
- OCLC
- NYPG02-B5206
- Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Title
- A defence of the late Lord Bollingbroke's Letters on the study and use of history / by M. Voltaire ; translated from the French.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for J. Nourse, opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand, 1753.
- Indexed In:
- ESTC (RLIN) T148169Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 74Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 157
- Provenance
- Martin J. Gross Collection; Provenance: William Fellowes of Shottesham Hall, Norfolk (information from vendor).
- Local Note
- Inscribed on half title in a contemporary hand: "Pamphlets not worth binding."
- Added Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778. Diatribe du docteur Akakia. English. 1753.Fellowes, William. Former ownerMartin J. Gross Collection. NN
- Research Call Number
- *KGV (Voltaire. Defense de Milord. English. 1753) 02-634