La guerre civile de Geneve, ou, Les amours de Robert Covelle : poeme heroique, avec des notes instructives.

Verse satire against the regime in Geneva and against Rousseau. Alludes to the case of the Genevan goldsmith Robert Covelle, condemned to public genuflection for the crime of having fathered an illegitimate child.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: A Bezançon [i.e. Geneva] : Chez Nicolas Grandvel [i.e. Gabriel Grasset], 1768.
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Description
Summary:Verse satire against the regime in Geneva and against Rousseau. Alludes to the case of the Genevan goldsmith Robert Covelle, condemned to public genuflection for the crime of having fathered an illegitimate child.
Item Description:This item is number 6 in a volume of 6 theatrical plays bound together with spine title: Recueil de pieces.
By Voltaire. See Barbier and other sources cited below.
First authorized edition. See Renwick.
For actual place of publication and name of publisher, see Renwick; BN and Bengesco give name of publisher as Cramer.
Physical Description:XVI, 68 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm (octavo)