Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. Par Mr. De V***

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

A Basle : Chez Christophe Revis, M.D.CC.XXXII. [1732] Seconde edition, r'ev^u "e & corrig'ee par l'auteur.; ..

Publication year

1732

ESTC No.

T122438

Grub Street ID

173123

Description

2v.,plate : port. ; 8°.

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 1000 copies printed for Davis, Prevost, and Lyon.

Uncontrolled note

Catchwords, press figures and signing suggest English origin. Titlepage ornament corresponds with no.150 in K.I.D. Maslen's 'The Bowyer ornament stock', 1973