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La raison par alphabet.

Title
La raison par alphabet.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Publication
[Geneva] : [Cramer], MDCCLXIX [1769]

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Additional Authors
  • Cramer, Gabriel, 1723-1793
  • Frères Cramer, publisher
  • Croydon Public Libraries, former owner
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
2 volumes (384 pages; [4], 343, [1] pages); 21 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 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.
  • The first Cramer edition and the first under title La raison par alphabet.
  • Place of publication and name of publisher from BN/BnF and Brown.
  • Signatures: Premiere partie: A-2A⁸; seconde partie: pi² A-X⁸ Y⁴. Last page blank.
  • Woodcut and type flower title page ornaments; woodcut headpieces; type flower headpiece; factotums.
  • "Addition à la fin de l'article Job": v. 2, pages 194-196.
  • "L'A, B, C : dix-sept dialogues / traduits de l'anglais de Mr. Huet": v. 2, pages 197-339. In fact an original work by Voltaire, originally issued separately, 1768.
Indexed In (note)
  • Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes
  • Thomas, D.H. Major French authors in Oxford libraries 1526-1800
  • Bengesco, G. Voltaire
  • BN
  • BnF
  • Brown, A. Dictionnaire philosophique, éditions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 35, pages 231-265)
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online (Oxford, Taylor Institution copy) via Google Books.
Provenance (note)
  • Croyden Public Libraries (stamps)
Binding (note)
  • Contemporary tree calf, recently rebacked in tan calf, gilt, with black spine labels.
Contents
Premiere partie. A-I -- seconde partie. L-V ; L'A, B, C : dix-sept dialogues / traduits de l'anglais.
Call Number
*KGV 13-115
OCLC
15686275
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.
Title
La raison par alphabet.
Publisher
[Geneva] : [Cramer], MDCCLXIX [1769]
Edition
Sixiéme édition / revuë, corrigée & augmentée par l'auteur.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, IV, col. 3-4
Thomas, D.H. Major French authors in Oxford libraries 1526-1800, page 232
Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 1404
BN, v. 214, col. 1320-1391, no. 3591
BnF FRBNF31604859 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31604859c/
Brown, A. Dictionnaire philosophique, éditions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 35, pages 231-265), 69
Additional Formats
Also available online (Oxford, Taylor Institution copy) via Google Books.
Binding
Contemporary tree calf, recently rebacked in tan calf, gilt, with black spine labels. NN
Provenance
Croyden Public Libraries (stamps) 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.
Croydon Public Libraries, former owner.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 13-115
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