A letter from M. Voltaire to the French Academy: Containing an appeal to that society on the merits of the English dramatic poet Shakespeare: read before the academy on the day of St. Louis, MDCCLXXVI. Translated from the original edition, just published at Paris. With a dedication to the Marquis of Granby, and a preface, by the editor

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• A letter from M. Voltaire to the French Academy: Containing an appeal to that society on the merits of the English dramatic poet Shakespeare: read before the academy on the day of St. Louis, MDCCLXXVI. Translated from the original edition, just published at Paris. With a dedication to the Marquis of Granby, and a preface, by the editor
• Lettre de M. de Voltaire à l'Académie française. English

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Bew, No. 28, Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

Publication year

1777

ESTC No.

T148330

Grub Street ID

194705

Description

[4],v,[1],ii,42p. ; 8°.

Note

Preface: 'A French translation of [Shakespeare] which had obtained a very liberal subscription, gave occasion to this appeal'

With a half-title.