Les Guebres, ou, La tolérance : tragédie /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | French |
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[Geneva] :
[Gabriel Grasset],
MDCLXIX [1769]
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| Item Description: | This item is number 2 in a volume of 7 theatrical plays bound together with spine title: Pieces de traite. The Cushing Library/Dawson French copy is bound with: Ericie, ou, La vestale. [A Londres, 1768]--Lothaire et Valrade. [Londres : s.n., 1768]--Gabrielle de Vergy / de Belloy. [Paris : Veuve Duchesne, 1770]--Oracle / de Saint-Foy. [Paris : Prault fils, 1755]--Silvain / Marmontel. [Paris : Merlin, 1770]--Marchand de Smyrne / de Champfort. [Paris : Delalain, 1770]. By Voltaire; later editions published under his name. The initials on the title page stand for Des Mahis, that is Joseph François Edouard de Corsembleu, known as Desmahis, to whom Voltaire attributed authorship. See Bengesco, cited below; Renwick, J. Les Guèbres, introduction (in Voltaire. Works, 1968-, volume 66), pages 438-439. "La première édition des Guèbres, imprimée et éditée à Genève par Gabriel Grasset"--Renwick & Brown (cited below). The dedicatory epistle is signed (page 15) "Gabriel Grasset et associés." Woodcut title page vignette; type flower and woodcut headpieces. |
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| Physical Description: | 37 [i.e., 53], 1 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (octavo) |