The works of Voltaire : with his final corrections and addtions. Translated from the French, by several hands.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | Both volumes with half-titles, general titlepages and volume titlepages, volume 1 being 'The history of Charles XII' and volume 2 'The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great'. Volume 1 has an initial leaf entitled 'Proposals for printing by subscription', dated: April 27, 1769; this includes instructions to the binder to discard it. Originally intended to be part of a 20-volume set collecting Voltaire's works, to be issued by subscription, a volume a month publishing schedule, but, as the 'Advertisement' at end of volume 2 states, this plan was in trouble due to a lack of subscribers to finance the remaining volumes. The two volumes were then reissued individually with the general titlepages cancelled. Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (2 volumes,) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh. |