Research Catalog

Title

Letters from M. de Voltaire and M. d'Alembert : manuscript, [179-?]

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783.
• Ipswich Public Libraries (Ipswich, England) fmo
• Martin J. Gross Collection.

Description

1; 29 cm. (fol.)

Summary

Translation of letters 1-150 (Dec. 13, 1746-Dec. 26, 1764) in the correspondence of Voltaire and D'Alembert.

Subjects

• Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783 > Correspondence
• Manuscripts for publication > Great Britain > 18th century
• Authors, French > 18th century > Correspondence
• Voltaire, 1694-1778 > Correspondence

Genre/Form

Manuscripts for publication – Great Britain – 18th century.

Note

• Caption title, leaf 4. Extant text begins on leaf 3 with the conclusion of the translation of the "Avertissement des éditeurs."
• Modern t.p. on first of 2 inserted leaves reads: Letters from M. de Voltaire and M. d'Alembert, 1746-1764.
• In ink, on rectos of untrimmed late 18th-cent. English paper; occasional notes on facing versos. Presumably in the hand of the unknown translator; numerous strikethroughs and emendations throughout.
• Foliated 3-213 (leaves 1-2 wanting).
• At end: "End of the first volume." In pencil on verso of leaf 213: "To be lettered on the back: Letters of Voltaire & D'Alembert."

Provenance (note)

• Ipswich Public Libraries (bookplate; presentation bookplate inscribed "Miss F.L. Fenner, Ipswich"; accession stamp, dated Mar. 1934; stamps); Robt. Rising, Horsey (armorial bookplate with autograph).

Binding (note)

• Binding: 19th-century half calf and marbled paper boards. Several binder's blanks watermarked "W. Joynson 1830." Front board detached.

Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Correspondence. English. 1790 ) 08-41

OCLC

191602790

Author

Voltaire, 1694-1778.

Title

Letters from M. de Voltaire and M. d'Alembert : manuscript, [179-?]

Binding

Binding: 19th-century half calf and marbled paper boards. Several binder's blanks watermarked "W. Joynson 1830." Front board detached.

Provenance

Ipswich Public Libraries (bookplate; presentation bookplate inscribed "Miss F.L. Fenner, Ipswich"; accession stamp, dated Mar. 1934; stamps); Robt. Rising, Horsey (armorial bookplate with autograph).

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Added Author

Alembert, Jean Le Rond d', 1717-1783. Correspondence. English. Selections.

Rising, Robert. Former owner

Fenner, F. L., Miss. Former owner

Weissman, Stephen. Donor

Ipswich Public Libraries (Ipswich, England) Former owner

Martin J. Gross Collection.

Research Call Number

*KGV (Voltaire. Correspondence. English. 1790 ) 08-41