Research Catalog

Title

Sophonisbe : tragédie de Mairet, réparée à neuf : représentée pour la première fois par les Comédiens françois ordinaires du Roi, le samedi 15 janvier 1774.

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778

Publication

• A Paris : Chez la veuve Duchesne, libraire, rue Saint-Jacques au-dessous de la fontaine S. Benoît, au Temple du Goût, MDCCLXXIV [1774]
• [Paris] : De l'imprimerie de la veuve Simon, imprimeur de S.A.S. monsigneur le prince de Condé, rue des Mathurins, 1770.

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Additional Authors

• Mairet, Jean de, 1604-1686.
• Duchesne, Marie-Antoinette
• Simon, Élisabeth, -1772
• Beugnet, Jean, -1803
• Martin J. Gross Collection

Description

xij, 59, [1] pages; 19 cm (8vo)

Subjects

• Mairet, Jean de, 1604-1686 > Adaptations
• Sophonisba, -203 B.C > Drama

Note

• "Le prix est de 30 sols ... Avec approbation, & privilége du Roi." Approbation, dated April 10, 1770: page 59.
• Ascribed to "M. Lantin" in the dedication, but in fact by Voltaire; see Barbier and other sources citied below. "La Sophonisbe 'réparée à neuf' est du reste tout entière l'œuvre de Voltaire"--Bengesco.
• BN/BnF transcribes date of first performance in title as "samedi 15 février 1774." February 15, 1774 was a Tuesday; the first performance was in fact on Saturday, January 15, 1774.
• First published in 1770 (A Paris : Chez la veuve Duchesne). For discussion of the earliest editions, see: Todd, C. Sophonisbe, éditions (In Voltaire. Works, 1968-, v. 71B, pages 26-37), 70P1, 70P1 (bis), 70P2.
• Apparently a reissue of the sheets of the first edition (Todd 70P1), with a new title page, but with the text unchanged; issued on the occasion of the first performance. See BN/BnF. Some copies of this issue contain 5 cancels with several minor revisions; some have an errata leaf at end. Copies are also known containing the 5 cancels and the errata leaf, but with the original 1770 title page. See Todd 70P2 (Todd's transcription of the 1774 title page differs slightly from the above: omits most accents; omits "samedi"; omits mention of price).
• NYPL copy: Text in original state (as in Todd 70P1).
• Copy described by Bengesco (Todd 70P2 with 1770 title page, the 5 cancels, and errata leaf; BnF, Rés. Z. Bengesco-112) is available online via Gallica.
• Printer's imprint from colophon.
• Signatures: a⁴ b² A-C⁸ D⁶. Last page blank.
• Woodcut title page vignette (Roman helmet), signed "B."; woodcut headpieces, signed "Beugnet" (one signed "B."); woodcut and ornamental tailpieces; ornamental rules.

Indexed In (note)

• BN
• BnF
• Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes
• Cioranescu, A. 18. s.
• Bengesco, G. Voltaire

Provenance (note)

• Manuscript list of contents of the volume in an unidentified contemporary hand, with annotations in a modern hand, on free front endpaper.

Binding (note)

• Contemporary mottled sheep; spine gilt; brown morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Theatre moderne. Tom[e] XII.

Call Number

*KGV 13-141

OCLC

869572702

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.

Title

Sophonisbe : tragédie de Mairet, réparée à neuf : représentée pour la première fois par les Comédiens françois ordinaires du Roi, le samedi 15 janvier 1774.

Publisher

A Paris : Chez la veuve Duchesne, libraire, rue Saint-Jacques au-dessous de la fontaine S. Benoît, au Temple du Goût, MDCCLXXIV [1774]

Manufacturer

[Paris] : De l'imprimerie de la veuve Simon, imprimeur de S.A.S. monsigneur le prince de Condé, rue des Mathurins, 1770.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

BN, v. 214, col. 802, no. 1496-1497

BnF FRBNF31603245 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31603245s

Barbier, A.A. Ouvrages anonymes, IV, col. 532 (1770 edition)

Cioranescu, A. 18. s., 64276 (1770 edition)

Bengesco, G. Voltaire, I, no. 284 (Todd 70P2, 1770 title page)

Binding

Contemporary mottled sheep; spine gilt; brown morocco spine labels. Binder's title: Theatre moderne. Tom[e] XII. NN

Provenance

Manuscript list of contents of the volume in an unidentified contemporary hand, with annotations in a modern hand, on free front endpaper. NN

Local Note

Bound first in a volume with five other contemporary plays. Title on spine: Theatre moderne. Tom[e] XII.

Martin J. Gross Collection.

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Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Adaptation of (Work): Mairet, Jean de, 1604-1686. Sophonisbe.

Duchesne, Marie-Antoinette, publisher.

Simon, Élisabeth, -1772, printer.

Beugnet, Jean, -1803, woodcutter.

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Research Call Number

*KGV 13-141