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L'orphelin de la Chine : tragédie, en cinq actes et en vers

Title
L'orphelin de la Chine : tragédie, en cinq actes et en vers / par M. de Voltaire.
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778
Publication
A Paris : Chez Vente, libraire des Menus Plaisirs du Roi, au bas de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviéve, proche les Carmes, MDCCLXXXI [1781]

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Additional Authors
  • Ji, Junxiang, active 13th century
  • Prémare, Joseph Henri, 1666-1736
  • Vente, Pierre, 1722-1794?
  • Garrigan, Jacques, 1725-
  • Martin J. Gross Collection
Description
44 pages; 20 cm (8vo)
Subject
Note
  • "Avec approbation & permission."
  • Based on J.H. Prémare's translation of Ji Junxiang's Zhao shi gu er, under title l'Orphelin de Tchao, in J.-B. Du Halde's Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'empire de la Chine. See Voltaire's introductory epistle to the Duc de Richelieu (not present in this edition).
  • Originally published: [Geneva : Cramer], 1755. See BN, v. 214, col. 767-768, no. 1345.
  • False imprint? Resembles in layout, typography and ornaments a series of pirated editions of plays issued by Jacques Garrigan, printer and bookseller in Avignon.
  • Signatures: A-E⁴ F².
  • Type flower title page ornament; type flower headpiece; ornamental rules.
Indexed In (note)
  • BnF
  • Besterman, T. Some eighteenth-century Voltaire eds. (4th ed.)
Binding (note)
  • Disbound.
Call Number
*KGV 13-125
OCLC
864393768
Author
Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.
Title
L'orphelin de la Chine : tragédie, en cinq actes et en vers / par M. de Voltaire.
Publisher
A Paris : Chez Vente, libraire des Menus Plaisirs du Roi, au bas de la Montagne Sainte-Geneviéve, proche les Carmes, MDCCLXXXI [1781]
Edition
Nouvelle edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Indexed In:
BnF FRBNF38656375 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb38656375q
Besterman, T. Some eighteenth-century Voltaire eds. (4th ed.), 82
Binding
Disbound. NN
Local Note
Martin J. Gross Collection.
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Place of Publication
France Paris.
France Avignon.
Added Author
Based on (expression) Ji, Junxiang, active 13th century. Zhao shi gu er. French.
Prémare, Joseph Henri, 1666-1736, contributor.
Vente, Pierre, 1722-1794?, publisher.
Garrigan, Jacques, 1725- attributed name.
Martin J. Gross Collection.
Research Call Number
*KGV 13-125
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