The works of Voltaire, [electronic resource] : with his final corrections and addtions. Translated from the French, by several hands.

The works of Voltaire, [electronic resource] : with his final corrections and addtions. Translated from the French, by several hands.

Edinburgh : printed by and for Martin & Wotherspoon. And for James Dickson, front of the Exchange, M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]

Great Britain -- Scotland -- Edinburgh.

English

2v. ; 12⁰.

Both volumes with half-titles, general titlepages and volume titlepages, vol. 1 being 'The history of Charles XII' and vol. 2 'The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great'.
Vol. 1 has an initial leaf entitled 'Proposals for printing by subscription', dated: April 27, 1769; this includes instructions to the binder to discard it.
Originally intended to be part of a 20-vol. set collecting Voltaire's works, to be issued by subscription, a volume a month publishing schedule, but, as the 'Advertisement' at end of vol. 2 states, this plan was in trouble due to a lack of subscribers to finance the remaining volumes. The two volumes were then reissued individually with the general titlepages cancelled.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.

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English Short Title Catalog, T230355.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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