MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aPQ2086.L4$bE5 1733
100 1 $aVoltaire,$d1694-1778.
240 00 $aLettres philosophiques.$lEnglish
245 10 $aLetters concerning the English nation. /$cBy Mr. de Voltaire.
260 $aLondon, :$bPrinted for C. Davis ... and A. Lyon ...,$c1733.
300 $a[16] , 253, [19] p. ;$c21 cm. (8vo)
500 $aTranslation of: Lettres philosophiques.
500 $aFirst edition, translated by John Lockman. The Letters were first published in French in the following year, 1734. cf. Bengesco, G. Voltaire, v. 2, p. 9-14.
500 $aThe ornaments are those used by William Bowyer. Cf. ESTC.
500 $aTitle vignette; tail-pieces.
500 $aPage [1] at end blank.
500 $aLeaves A4 and G3 are cancels.
510 4 $aBN$cCCXIV, 3701
510 4 $aBengesco,$cv. 2, p. 11
510 4 $aESTC$ct137614
500 $aIncludes "A letter concerning the burning of Altena, as related in the History of Charles XII. King of Sweden": p. [245]-253.
500 $aErrata at foot of p. [19] at end.
500 $aAdvertisements: p. [15]-[16] at front.
500 $aLC copy formerly in the Toner Collection.$5DLC
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xIntellectual life$vEarly works to 1800.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xReligion$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism.
700 1 $aLockman, John,$d1698-1771.
710 2 $aJoseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC