Original pieces relative to the trial and execution of Mr. John Calas, merchant at Toulouse, who was broke on the wheel in that city, pursuant to his Sentence by the Parliament of Languedoc, for the supposed murder of his eldest son, to prevent his turning Roman-Catholick. With a preface, and remarks on the whole, by M. de Voltaire.

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• Original pieces relative to the trial and execution of Mr. John Calas, merchant at Toulouse, who was broke on the wheel in that city, pursuant to his Sentence by the Parliament of Languedoc, for the supposed murder of his eldest son, to prevent his turning Roman-Catholick. With a preface, and remarks on the whole, by M. de Voltaire.
• Pieces originales concernant la mort des Srs. Calas. English

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

Dublin: printed for John Mitchell, at the Golden Sugar Leaf in Sycamore-Alley near Dame-Street, 1762.

Publication year

1762-1762

ESTC No.

N20573

Grub Street ID

9973

Description

55,[1]p. ; 8⁰

Note

A translation of Voltaire's 'Pieces originales concernant la mort des Srs. Calas'.