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A letter from Mons. de Voltaire to the author of The Orphan of China.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1608 Ari (b.w.) Af.306.4 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voltaire, 1694-1778 8875
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805. Orphan of China.
- Murphy, Arthur.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- London -- England -- 1759.
- Letters.
- Physical Description:
- [4], 38, [4] p. ; 19 cm. (8vo in 4s)
- Place of Publication:
- London: : Printed for I. Pottinger, in Pater-noster-Row., MDCCLIX. [1759]
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- Bookseller's advertisement on two leaves at end.
- A criticism of Arthur Murphy's play, based on Voltaire's 'L'Orphélin de la Chine'.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Ariosto, Ariosto's satyres, q.v.; number 4 in table of contents; item 3 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary floral boards, bound with other items; MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (125); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Cited in:
- ESTC (BL) T037896
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