The dispute between Mademoiselle Clairon, a celebrated actress at Paris, and the fathers of the Church; occasioned by the excommunication denounced in France, against all dramatic writers, actors, singers, dancers, &c. With the reasons for and against the excommunication, in an argument between the Abb'e Grizel, on the side of the church, and the Intendant des Menus, or Master of the Kings Revels, in defence of the comedians. Said to be written by M. de Voltaire. Printed and published at Paris, and condemned to be burnt, in the Place de Greve, by the common hangman. Translated from the French. The reader will not wonder, that the Church of Rome should condemn a book to the flames, that so boldly exposed the arts and tyranny fo Popery

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  • The dispute between Mademoiselle Clairon, a celebrated actress at Paris, and the fathers of the Church; occasioned by the excommunication denounced in France, against all dramatic writers, actors, singers, dancers, &c. With the reasons for and against the excommunication, in an argument between the Abb'e Grizel, on the side of the church, and the Intendant des Menus, or Master of the Kings Revels, in defence of the comedians. Said to be written by M. de Voltaire. Printed and published at Paris, and condemned to be burnt, in the Place de Greve, by the common hangman. Translated from the French. The reader will not wonder, that the Church of Rome should condemn a book to the flames, that so boldly exposed the arts and tyranny fo Popery
  • Conversation de M. l'Intendant des Menus en exercise avec M. l'Abb'e Grizel. English
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Imprint
London : printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall; J. Almond in Piccadilly; T. Davies in Russell-Street, Covent-Garden; and J. Wilkie in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Added name
Dodsley, James, 1724-1797, bookseller.; Wilkie, J. -1785, bookseller. (John),
Publication year
1768
ESTC No.
T34588
Grub Street ID
264859
Description
xvi, 40 p. ; 8°.
Note
With a half-title

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