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Mahomet the impostor : a tragedy : as it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by His Majesty's Servants.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PQ2077.M2 E5 1745 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voltaire, 1694-1778.
- Standardized Title:
- Mahomet. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Drama.
- Muḥammad.
- Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Penn Provenance:
- Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 68 pages, 4 unnumbered pages ; 16 cm (12mo)
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : Printed by J. Esdall in Fishamble-Street, for W. Smith, bookseller, at the Hercules in Dame-Street, 1745.
- Notes:
- Anonymous. By James Miller. - Based on Voltaire's 'Mahomet' with minor revision for performance by John Hoadly.
- Translation of: Mahomet.
- Translation originally published: London : J. Watts, 1744. Cf. Rousseau, 229; Rousseau, p. 404-409.
- Signatures: A-C¹².
- With two final leaves containing the epilogue, and advertisements.
- Woodcut t.p. ornament; ornamental head- and tailpieces.
- Publisher's advertisements: p. [70-72].
- Cited in:
- ESTC T38845
- Rousseau, A.M. Editions anglaises de Voltaire. (In his L'Angleterre et Voltaire, p. 976-1032), 231
- Evans, H.B. English Voltaire bib. (Studies on Voltaire and the eighteenth century 8 (1959): 9-121), 360
- OCLC:
- 80849812
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