Zadig, or, The book of fate : an oriental history / translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voltaire, 1694-1778, author.

Contributor:

Ashmore, Francis, translator.

Cooke, Charles, active 1789-1817, bookseller.

Geoffrey Day Collection of Laurence Sterne (University of Pennsylvania)

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Zadig. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Fate and fatalism--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Fate and fatalism.

French fiction--18th century.

French fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Day, Geoffrey (former owner) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Hodgson, A. J. (autograph) (Day Sterne Collection copy)

Physical Description:

82, [2] pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 15 cm (12mo)

Edition:

Cooke's edition.

Distribution:

London : Printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Paternoster-Row, and sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, [1798?]

Other Title:

Book of fate

Fingerprint:

t,i- lys, e.ll paan (3) 1798 (Q)

Language Note:

English translation by Francis Ashmore of: Zadig, ou La destinée. See ESTC.

Notes:

"A reissue of the [1794?] edition, with a different plate (dated 1798) and cancel sig. G. Final line of p. 82: 'Heaven'."--ESTC.

Engraved plate has imprint: Printed for C. Cooke. Jany. 1, 1798.

Signatures: A-G⁶ (leaf G6 blank).

Woodcut title vignette and tail-piece.

Local Notes:

Day Sterne Collection copy bound with: Sterne, Laurence. A sentimental journey through France and Italy. London : Printed for C. Cooke, No. 17, Paternoster-Row, and sold by all the booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, [1798?].

Kislak Center Day Sterne Collection copy acquired from Geoffrey Day in 2018.

Day Sterne Collection copy has partially illegible manuscript inscription ("A.J. Hodgson Ex libris [...]. [...]. obiit 23.2.25 aetat 79") on front free endpaper.

Cited in:

ESTC T137315

OCLC:

33489986