The works of M. de Voltaire. Translated from the French. With notes, historical and critical. By T. Smollett, ... and others. ...

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Newbery, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, S. Crowder, T. Davies, J. Coote, G. Kearsley, and B. Collins, at Salisbury, 1761-64.

Publication year

1761-1764

ESTC No.

T227121

Grub Street ID

248376

Description

35v.,plates : ports.,map ; 12⁰

Note

Only vol. 1, 1762, bears the edition statement.

Vols. 1, 10-11 and 14-24 are dated 1762; vols. 2-9 and 12-13 1761; vols. 25-30 1763; vols. 31-34 1764.

From vol. 14 each vol. has a half-title giving vol. number irrespective of title, and where genres are indicated by the titles ('Dramatic works', 'Miscellaneous poems' and so on) their internal volume numbers are also given.

Vols. 12-15, 18, 25 and 27 contain 'Dramatic works'; vol. 24 'The Henriade'; vols. 32-33 'Miscellaneous poems'.

Uncontrolled note

Verify existence and nature of vol. 35 (dated 1765?): the Bodleian vol. 34 refers to vol. 35 which is not in the Bodleian set. Not in Roscoe, unless this set is Roscoe A614(2A) reporting a 35 vol. set noticed in a 1765 book and in the London Gazette, April 1765