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La raison par alphabet.

Title
La raison par alphabet.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Publication
[Geneva] : [Cramer], MDCCLXX [1770]

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Additional Authors
  • Cramer, Gabriel, 1723-1793
  • Frères Cramer, publisher
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
2 volumes (388 pages; [4], 339, [1] pages); 20 cm (8vo)
Summary
A collection of brief essays on various topics, many relating to religion, arranged alphabetically. This edition contains 118 articles.
Subjects
Note
  • By Voltaire. See Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, t. 4, col. 3-4, and other sources cited below.
  • Original edition issued under title Dictionnaire philosophique portatif, 1764; originally published by Gabriel Grasset, Geneva, but with "Londres, MDCCLXIV" on title page. See Brown 64.
  • Chiefly a line-by-line resetting of the "sixiéme édition" (the first Cramer edition), 1769, except that the continuation of the article "Job" is correctly placed in v. 1 instead of as an "Addition à la fin de l'article Job" following the article "Vertu" in v. 2. See Brown.
  • Place of publication and name of publisher from BN/BnF and Brown.
  • Signatures: Premiere partie: A-2A⁸ 2B²; seconde partie: pi² A-X⁸ Y². Last page blank.
  • Woodcut and type flower title page ornaments; woodcut headpieces; type flower headpiece; factotums.
  • "L'A, B, C : dix-sept dialogues / traduits de l'anglais de Mr. Huet": v. 2, pages 193-335. In fact an original work by Voltaire, originally issued separately, 1768.
Indexed In (note)
  • BN
  • BnF
  • Bengesco, G. Voltaire
  • Brown, A. Dictionnaire philosophique, éditions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 35, pages 231-265)
Binding (note)
  • Contemporary cat's paw calf, gilt; red and black morocco spine labels, with title: Oeuvre[s] de Voltaire. La raiso[n].
Contents
Premiere partie. A-I -- seconde partie. L-V ; L'A, B, C : dix-sept dialogues / traduits de l'anglais.
Call Number
*KGV 13-116
OCLC
26226866
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.
Title
La raison par alphabet.
Publisher
[Geneva] : [Cramer], MDCCLXX [1770]
Edition
Septiéme édition / revuë, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
BN, v. 214, col. 1321, no. 3592
BnF FRBNF36127283 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb36127283j/
Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 1406
Brown, A. Dictionnaire philosophique, éditions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 35, pages 231-265), 70G
Binding
Contemporary cat's paw calf, gilt; red and black morocco spine labels, with title: Oeuvre[s] de Voltaire. La raiso[n]. NN
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Place of Publication
Switzerland Geneva.
Added Author
Container of (work): Voltaire, 1694-1778. A, B, C.
Cramer, Gabriel, 1723-1793, publisher.
Frères Cramer, publisher.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 13-116
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