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A treatise on toleration ; The ignorant philosopher ; and a Commentary on the Marquis of Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments

Title: A treatise on toleration ; The ignorant philosopher ; and a Commentary on the Marquis of Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments / translated from the last Geneva edition of Mr. de Voltaire, by the Rev. David Williams.
Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Publication: London : Printed for Fielding and Walker, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLXXIX [1779]

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Description

[4], iv, 224 [i.e. 234], [2], iii, [1], 86, [2], ii, 50 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill.; 22 cm (8vo)

Alternative Title

Memorials, letters, &c relating to persecution; and particularly to the cases of Calas and Sirven
Ignorant philosopher.
Commentary on the Marquis Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments.

Subject

Note

Translation of Traité sur la tolérance; Le philosophe ignorant; and Commentaire sur le livre Des délits et des peines.
Intended to accompany The works of M. de Voltaire (variant title The works of the late M. de Voltaire) (London : Fielding and Walker, 1779-1780).
Each work has special title page and separate paging.
1st work: A treatise on toleration ; Memorials, letters, &c relating to persecution; and particularly to the cases of Calas and Sirven / translated from the French of Mr. de Voltaire by the Rev. David Williams. Includes: Original pieces relating to the death of Calas, and the sentence pronounced on his father at Toulouse, &c. &c. (p. [139]-224).
2nd work: The ignorant philosopher / translated from the French of Mr. de Voltaire by the Rev. David Williams. Includes: Supplement to The ignorant philosopher : André des Touches, at Siam; A short digression; An Indian adventure, translated by the Ignorant philosopher; A short commentary, by the Ignorant philosopher, on the eulogium of the Dauphin of France, composed by Mr. Thomas (p. 68-86).
3rd work: A commentary on the Marquis Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments / translated from the French of Mr. de Voltaire, by the Rev. David Williams.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Q⁸ ²B-I⁸ K⁴ L².
Page 234 misnumbered 224.
The plate (not present in all copies) is an unsigned engraving with legend: "The suicide of Mark Antony Calas, discovered by his parents."

Indexed In (note)

ESTC
Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121)
Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
Renwick, J. Traité sur la tolérance. Editions, extracts and translations (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 56C, p. 98-115)
Williams, D. Bib. of the printed works of David Williams. (National Library of Wales journal 10 (1957): 121-136)

Additional Formats (note)

Also issued online (British Library copy) via Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

Provenance (note)

Mary Parsons (autograph); Britten Memorial Library (bookplate)

Binding (note)

Contemporary tree calf, gilt; red and brown morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Voltaire's works. Vol. VI.
Modern dark brown leather, blind-stamped and gilt in 18th-century style; black and red morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Treation [sic] on toleration.

Call Number

*KGV 13-54

OCLC

4145902

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

A treatise on toleration ; The ignorant philosopher ; and a Commentary on the Marquis of Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments / translated from the last Geneva edition of Mr. de Voltaire, by the Rev. David Williams.

Imprint

London : Printed for Fielding and Walker, in Pater-Noster Row, MDCCLXXIX [1779]

Indexed In:

ESTC T51661, T137664, T137666

Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 2, p. 32

Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 7³

Renwick, J. Traité sur la tolérance. Editions, extracts and translations (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 56C, p. 98-115), p. 115

Williams, D. Bib. of the printed works of David Williams. (National Library of Wales journal 10 (1957): 121-136), 17

Additional Formats

Also issued online (British Library copy) via Eighteenth Century Collections Online.

Binding

Copy in *KGV 13-54: Contemporary tree calf, gilt; red and brown morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Voltaire's works. Vol. VI. NN

Copy in *KGV 13-142: Modern dark brown leather, blind-stamped and gilt in 18th-century style; black and red morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Treation [sic] on toleration. NN

Provenance

Copy in *KGV 13-54: Mary Parsons (autograph); Britten Memorial Library (bookplate) NN

Local Note

Plate wanting in both copies, but included in a made-up separate volume accompanying this set of Voltaire's works.

Martin J. Gross Collection.

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Place of Publication

England London

Added Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Philosophe ignorant. English.

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Commentaire sur le livre Des délits et des peines. English.

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Pièces originales concernant la mort des Sieurs Calas. English.

Williams, David, 1738-1816.

Voltaire, 1694-1778. Works. Selections. English. 1779.

Fielding and Walker, publisher.

Britten Memorial Library, former owner. *KGV 13-54

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Added Title

Memorials, letters, &c relating to persecution; and particularly to the cases of Calas and Sirven

Ignorant philosopher.

Commentary on the Marquis Becaria's Treatise on crimes and punishments.

Research Call Number

*KGV 13-54

*KGV 13-142

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