Alzire, ou les Americains. Tragedie de M. de Voltaire. Representée à Paris pour la premiere fois le 27 Janvier, 1736

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

Paris [London?] : chez Jean-Baptiste-Claude Bauche, 1736.

Publication year

1736

ESTC No.

N59371

Grub Street ID

42497

Description

[4],viij,[2],79,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

In this Paris [London] edition the titlepage vignette represents a face with a bird on top

The press-figures are as follows: 4 on p.iij; 1 on p.iv, 1 on p.14, 4 on p.16 and 4 on p.28

Part (a]8 A-B]8) printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed for Nourse & Vaillant

Signatures: a]8 A-F]8

Signatures from K.I.D. Maslen, 'Some early editions of Voltaire printed in London,' The Library V 14 (1959), 287-93 (Appendix, no. 1).

Uncontrolled note

Below imprint date: 'Avec privilege du roi'