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L'ingénu : histoire veritable

Title
L'ingénu : histoire veritable / tirée des manuscrits du père Quesnel.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication
A Utrecht [i.e. Geneva : Gabriel Grasset?], 1767.

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Additional Authors
  • Quesnel, Pasquier, 1634-1719.
  • Martin J. Gross Collection.
Description
VII, [1], 240 p.; 20 cm. (8vo)
Subject
  • Wyandot Indians > Fiction
  • Indians of North America > Canada > Fiction
Note
  • In fact, an original work by Voltaire; other editions published under title: Le Huron, ou, L'ingénu.
  • No. 1 in W.R. Jones' "Introduction critique" to the 1936 Paris ed. of L'ingénu.
  • "This edition, published in Geneva, is generally considered the first. Though normally attributed to Cramer, there are strong arguments for viewing it as the work of Gabriel Grasset"--Francis. Bengesco, BN and Jones give publisher as Cramer.
  • "This edition exists in at least three states"--Francis.
  • Facsim. of t.p. in Francis, p. [158].
  • Signatures: a⁴ A-P⁸.
  • Title, half title and text within type flower border ("Édition encadrée"--Bengesco).
  • Woodcut t.p. vignette; ornamental tailpieces and initial.
  • Errata: p. [VIII].
Indexed In (note)
  • BN
  • Bengesco, G. Voltaire
  • Francis, R.A. L'ingénu, editions. (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 63c, p. 157-182)
Provenance (note)
  • Partly obscured signature on t.p.: B[?]sier Colonel.
Binding (note)
  • Early 19th-century red morocco, gilt; green morocco spine label.
Call Number
*KGV 08-503
OCLC
25807234
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Title
L'ingénu : histoire veritable / tirée des manuscrits du père Quesnel.
Imprint
A Utrecht [i.e. Geneva : Gabriel Grasset?], 1767.
Indexed In:
BN, v. 214, col. 1144, no. 2821
Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 1470
Francis, R.A. L'ingénu, editions. (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 63c, p. 157-182), 67G1
Local Note
NYPL copy is Francis state 67G1A: Page 4, line 17-18 has correct reading "pleurerai"; p. 158, line 8-10 has erroneous reading " ... sans pouvoir la demander."
Binding
Early 19th-century red morocco, gilt; green morocco spine label. NN
Provenance
Partly obscured signature on t.p.: B[?]sier Colonel.
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Added Author
Quesnel, Pasquier, 1634-1719. Attributed name
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 08-503
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