Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suède. Par Mr. de V***.

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

Basle [i.e. London?] : chez Christophe Revis, 1731.

Publication year

1731

ESTC No.

T112215

Grub Street ID

164213

Description

2v. ; 12°.

Note

Mr. de V*** = F.M.A. de Voltaire

The imprint is false; printed in London; v. 1 printed by W. Bowyer; see K.I.D. Maslen, 'Some early editions of Voltaire printed in London', The Library V, 14 (1959), 287-93

Bowyer's records show 750 copies printed for Charles Davies and Alexander Lyon.

Uncontrolled note

Catchwords, press figures and signing suggest English origin. Titlepage ornaments correspondence with no.143 in K.I.D. Maslen's 'The Bowyer ornament stock', 1973