Shelfmark
Fm.9.02(05)
Author
Title
Diatribe du docteur Akakia medecin du pape; Decret de l'Inquisition et rapport des professeurs de Rome, au sujet d'un prétendu pr'esident..
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Rome. : [s.n.], MDCCLIII. [1753]
Physical description
30 p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note
Signatures: B⁸(-B1-B3) C⁸ D².
Note
Anonymous. By Voltaire, who composed this piece on the subject of the controversy that arose between Maupertuis and the German mathematician Samuel Koenig (cf. Bengesco 1624).
Note
The imprint is fictitious; press figure 2 on pages 5 and 6 suggests English origin.
Note
Probably issued together with "Defense de milord Bollingbroke", as it was in a "Berlin" edition, with collected title: 'Oeuvres mêlées d'un auteur célèbre, qui s'est retiré de France' (cf. BN, CCXIV-II, no. 3869).
Citation/references note
ESTC, N48341
Provenance
Bookplate of Nicholas Mann inside front cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1754. Armorial bookplate of Eton College inside back cover.
Binding
18th century quarter binding in brown calf; five raised bands; marbled paper sides; text block edges sprinkled red; spine label wanting, with tooling visible "Miscellan: II.".
Copy-specific note
Bound in a volume of pamphlets. Ms. contents list on front flyleaf: "Contents ..."
Subject
Subject
Subject
Presidents France Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--title
Oeuvres mêlées d'un auteur célèbre, qui s'est retiré de France.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B47408