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The works of M. de Voltaire.
- Title
- The works of M. de Voltaire. Volume the first[-fifth] / translated from the French ; with notes, historical and critical, by T. Smollett, M.D., T. Francklin, M.A. and others.
- Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Publication
- London : Printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury, MDCCLXII-MDCCLXVI [1762-1766]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 5 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 5 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 4 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 4 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 3 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 3 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
v. 2 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 2 | Offsite | |
v. 1 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 1 | Offsite | |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Supervised use | NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.) v. 1 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
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- Additional Authors
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.
- Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784.
- Newbery, John, 1713-1767.
- Baldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810.
- Johnston, W. (William), -1804.
- Crowder, Stanley, -1798.
- Davies, Thomas, 1713-1785.
- Coote, J. (John), -1808.
- Kearsley, George, -1790.
- Collins, B. (Benjamin), 1715-1785.
- Miller, John, 1715-1790?
- Liotard, Jean Michel, 1702-1796.
- Hall, John, 1739-1797.
- Gwin, James, 1700-1769.
- Description
- 5 v. : ill., ports.; 18 cm. (12mo)
- Uniform Title
- Works. English. 1762
- Alternative Title
- Works. 1762
- Subjects
- Note
- The first English translation of Voltaire's collected works, originally published in 36 v., London, 1761-1769 (vols. 37-38 were added in 1774). The 2nd edition, with explicit edition statement as above, probably comprises the 26 v. of the Prose works only, 1762-1769; cf. Evans, p. 25-28.
- On t.p., the volume no. follows the statement of responsibility (v. 1-2) or the edition statement (v. 3-5).
- "Smollett does not seem to have had any part in the translation, and Francklin's only contribution seems to have been the Orestes"--Evans. In a letter of May 8, 1763, Smollett described his contribution as "a small part ... including all the notes historical and critical," but he most likely annotated the Prose works only. Cf. Joliat, E. Smollett, editor of Voltaire (Modern language notes 54 (1939): 429-436); Chilton, L.A. Tobias Smollett: a case study (In The Oxford history of literary translation in English, v. 3, p. 105-110 ). "[Smollett's] specific contributions to the translation, save for lightly editing his Micromégas, are not definitively established"--Chilton, p. 106.
- Vols. 1-2 dated 1762; v. 3-4, 1763; v. 5, 1766. Original ed. of v. 1-5 was dated 1761.
- Vol. 1: xii, 300 p.; v. 2: [4], 308 p.; v. 3: [4], 308 p.; v. 4: viii, 303, [1] p.; v. 5: [4], 288 p.
- Signatures: v. 1: A⁶ B-N¹² O⁶; v. 2: [A]² B-N¹² O¹⁰; v. 3: [A]² B-N¹² O¹⁰; v. 4: [A]⁴ B-N¹² O⁸; v. 5: [A]² B-N¹².
- Illustrations: Library copy has frontispiece (full-page engraving) in v. 1, copy 1 and copy 3 (port. of Voltaire by J. Miller after J.M. Liotard), v. 4 (by Miller) and v. 5 ( by J. Hall after J. Gwin).
- Vols. 1-5 contain Ancient and modern history, chap. I-CLI, being a translation of the corresponding chapters of Essai sur l'histoire générale et sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations.
- Indexed In (note)
- ESTC
- Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121)
- Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032)
- Roscoe, S. Newbery
- Source (note)
- Bequest of Edward S. Harkness.
- Tilden Library
- Binding (note)
- Rebound in brown library buckram, 1918-1940, or blue library buckram,1961 (v. 1, c. 1).
- Call Number
- NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.)
- OCLC
- 62758365
- Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Title
- The works of M. de Voltaire. Volume the first[-fifth] / translated from the French ; with notes, historical and critical, by T. Smollett, M.D., T. Francklin, M.A. and others.
- Imprint
- London : Printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury, MDCCLXII-MDCCLXVI [1762-1766]
- Edition
- The second edition.
- Indexed In:
- ESTC, N30606Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 1Rousseau, A.M. Éditions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 2¹⁻⁵Roscoe, S. Newbery, A614(2)
- Binding
- Rebound in brown library buckram, 1918-1940, or blue library buckram,1961 (v. 1, c. 1). NN
- Local Note
- Vol. 1, copies 1-2 formerly shelved with first edition.
- Source
- Vol. 1, copy 1: Bequest of Edward S. Harkness.Vol. 1, copy 3; v. 2-5: Tilden Library, 1895. NN
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- England LondonEngland Salisbury.
- Added Author
- Voltaire, 1694-1778. Essay sur l'histoire générale et sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations. English.Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771.Francklin, Thomas, 1721-1784.Newbery, John, 1713-1767. PublisherBaldwin, R. (Robert), 1737-1810. PublisherJohnston, W. (William), -1804. PublisherCrowder, Stanley, -1798. PublisherDavies, Thomas, 1713-1785. PublisherCoote, J. (John), -1808. PublisherKearsley, George, -1790. PublisherCollins, B. (Benjamin), 1715-1785. PublisherMiller, John, 1715-1790? EngraverLiotard, Jean Michel, 1702-1796. IllustratorHall, John, 1739-1797. EngraverGwin, James, 1700-1769. Illustrator
- Research Call Number
- NKE (Voltaire, F. M. A. de. Works. 1761. 2nd ed.)