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The age of Lewis XIV /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Voltaire, 1694-1778
Other Authors: Lockman, John, 1698-1771 (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, M. DCC. LII. [1752]
Subjects:
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715.
Louis > XIV, > King of France, > 1638-1715 > Family.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
French literature > 17th century > Bio-bibliography.
Littérature française > 17e siècle > Biobibliographie.
Families.
French literature.
France.
1600-1715
English imprints, 18th century, 1752.
History
Bio-bibliography.
Woodcuts > England > London > 1752.
Publishers' catalogs > England > London > 1752.
Pagination errors (Printing) > England > London > 1752.
Tail-pieces (Printing) > England > London > 1752.
Description
Item Description:Title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Signatures: volume 1: A⁴, B-2E⁸, 2F² chi⁸ -- volume 2: [A]², B-U⁸, X², a-g⁸ ( -g8).
Translated by John Lockman.
Page numbers 33-48 in volume 2 are repeated, and there is a note to this effect at the beginning of the index.
Volume 2 is in two parts, the second entitled "Children of Louis XIV," with separate pagination and register.
Publisher's catalogue: "Books printed for R. Dodsley" on last 16 pages of volume 1.
Includes index.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:2 volumes (viii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages; [2 unnumbered, 292 (i.e. 308), 90 pages, [20] pages), 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait ; 21 cm (8vo)
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.