Name/Title
The Works of M. De Voltaire. Translated from the French. With Notes, Historical and CriticalEntry/Object ID
JJA.1938.1693Description
This is a small, leather-bound book with a brown cover and floral details along the spine. The title on the spine reads, "Voltaire Works Vol XXXIV." The title page reads: "The Works of M. De Voltaire. Translated from the French. With Notes, Historical and Critical. By T. Smollet, M. D. / T. Francklin, M. A. and Others. Volume the Twenty-Fourth." The title page also states that the volume was printed in London, "for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies. J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury." This book was published in 1769. The first flyleaf notes that this volume is Vol. XXIV of Voltaire's "Prose Works." In this "Treatise on Toleration, the volume such chapters as "Whether Toleration is dangerous; and among what Nations it is practiced" and "The ill Consequences of Non-Toleration." The accession ledger includes a total of twelve volumes, all of which are said to have been owned by James Hogg.Collection
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Height
6-13/16 inWidth
4-1/8 inDepth
13/16 inMaterial
Paper, Leather binding