Shelfmark
Bk.5.21
Author
Catherine, 1684 - 1727 Empress of Russia,
Title
The antidote; or an enquiry into the merits of a book, entitled A journey into Siberia, made in MDCCLXI in obedience to an order of the French king, and published, with approbation, by the Abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, of the Royal Academy of Sciences: In which many essential errors and misrepresentations are pointed out and confuted; and many interesting anecdotes added, for the better elucidation of the several matters necessarily discussed: By a lover of truth. Translated into English by a Lady, and dedicated, with permission, to her Imperial Majesty the Czarina.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for S. Leacroft, opposite Spring-Garden, Charing-Cross, MDCCLXXII [1772].
Physical description
[2], iv, 202p ; 8vo.
Note
A lover of truth = Catherine II, Empress of Russia.
Citation/references note
ESTC T81144
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1805, no. 07).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Inscription to I.K. Hamilton from the translator.
Provenance
Loose leaf note inside front cover.
Provenance
Bookplate of James Hewitt, Viscount Lifford.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler in 2007.
Binding
18th-century mottled brown calf; gold tooling to form a border; five raised bands; gold tooled spine.
Subject
Geography Early works to 1800.
Subject
Russia Early works to 1800.
Subject
Siberia (Russia) Early works to 1800.
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England London.
Identifier
B18534