Research Catalog

Title

Observations on government : occasioned by the late disputes between the King of France and his clergy / translated from the French, published in France, and written by the celebrated Baron de Montesquieu, author of the Persian letters, and of the Spirit of laws.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Publication

Dublin : Printed, and sold by the booksellers, MDCCLI [1751]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
• Exshaw, John, -1776.
• Martin J. Gross Collection.

Description

18, [2] p.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Alternative Title

Voice of the wise-man and of the people

Subjects

• Church and state > France > Early works to 1800
• Privileges and immunities, Ecclesiastical > France > Early works to 1800
• France > Politics and government > 1715-1774
• Clergy > Taxation > France > Early works to 1800

Note

• Caption title: The voice of the wise-man and of the people
• The attribution to Montesquieu is erroneous; in fact, a translation of: La voix du sage et du peuple / Voltaire.
• Also published in The gentleman's and London magazine (Jan. 1751). Cf. Williams, who speculates (v. 32A, p. 212) that the translator may have been John Exshaw, editor of The gentleman's and London magazine.
• Signatures: A-B⁴ C². Leaf C2 blank.
• Woodcut headpiece.

Indexed In (note)

• ESTC
• Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
• Williams, D. La voix du sage et du peuple, editions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 32A, p. 229-235)

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available as an e-book (British Library copy) through Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

Binding (note)

• In modern blue-gray wrappers.

Call Number

*KGV 09-19

OCLC

41359161

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Observations on government : occasioned by the late disputes between the King of France and his clergy / translated from the French, published in France, and written by the celebrated Baron de Montesquieu, author of the Persian letters, and of the Spirit of laws.

Imprint

Dublin : Printed, and sold by the booksellers, MDCCLI [1751]

Indexed In:

ESTC T89443

Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 386

Williams, D. La voix du sage et du peuple, editions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 32A, p. 229-235), p. 235

Additional Formats

Also available as an e-book (British Library copy) through Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

Local Note

NYPL copy lacks final blank leaf.

Binding

In modern blue-gray wrappers. NN

Local Note

Martin J. Gross Collection.

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Added Author

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. Attributed name

Exshaw, John, -1776. Attributed name

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Research Call Number

*KGV 09-19