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Voltaire (1694-1778)43
Newton, Isaac, 1642-17277
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Le caffé, ou, L'ecossaise : comédie

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1760

The prelims are unsigned, the text begins with leaf signed A3 (pp.5-6). "Presentée comme traduite de l'anglais, de [John] Hume (ministre anglican, frère de David Hume, l'historien) par Jerome Carr...

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L'A,B,C, dialogue curieux

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1762 [i.e. 1768]

Written by Voltaire. Cf. BN. Later issued as part of the author's La raison par alphabet. Fictitious imprint. Actual place and date of publication from Bengesco. Actual printer inferred from HRC c...

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L'Écossoise : comédie en cinq actes

La Grange, Nicolas de (1707-1767); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1761

Sign.Bij signed Bi.

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Defense de milord Bollingbroke [sic]

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1752

Anonymous. By Voltaire, who composed this piece on the subject of the controversy that arose between Maupertuis and the German mathematician Samuel Koenig (cf. Bengesco 1624). Presence of press figu...

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Diatribe du docteur Akakia medecin du pape : decret de l'Inquisition et rapport des professeurs de Rome, au sujet d'un prétendu président

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1753

Anonymous. By Voltaire, who composed this piece on the basis of the controversy that arose between Maupertuis and the German mathematician Samuel Koenig (cf. Bengesco 1624). The imprint is fictitiou...

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Le caffé ou l'Écossaise : comédie

Voltaire (1694-1778); Home, John (1722-1808)

1761

In fact an original work by Voltaire. Hume is taken to be John Home, author of 'Douglas'. With a half-title. The imprint is false; printed in Geneva (Bengesco). Published in Geneva.

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Socrate, ouvrage dramatique

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1759

The work is preceded by "Prèface de Mr. Fatéma traducteur".

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La raison par alphabet (v.1)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1769

V.1: A-I. -- V.2: L-V. L'a, b, c, dix-sept dialogues traduits de l'anglais (de M. Huet) [or rather Voltaire].

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La raison par alphabet (v.2)

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1769

V.1: A-I. -- V.2: L-V. L'a, b, c, dix-sept dialogues traduits de l'anglais (de M. Huet) [or rather Voltaire].

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L'examen important de Milord Bolingbroke, ecrit sur la fin de 1736

Voltaire (1694-1778)

1767

Pp.189 and 192 numbered 18 and 162. "Traduction d'une lettre de Mylord Bolingbroke, à Mylord Cornsburi" (pp. 217-226).

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Saul et David. Tragédie. D'après l'anglais, intitulé, The man after God's own heart. Imprimé chez Robert Freeman, in Pater-Noster-Row 1760

Voltaire (1694-1778); Annet, Peter (1693-1769)

[c. [1768?]}

Anon., by François Marie Arouet de Voltaire.

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Essay sur la poësie epique

Voltaire (1694-1778); Desfontaines, Pierre-François Guyot (1685-1745)

1728

Title page vignette.

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