Lettres écrites de Londres sur les Anglois et autres sujets. Par M. D. V***

All titles

• Lettres écrites de Londres sur les Anglois et autres sujets. Par M. D. V***
• Lettres philosophiques

People / Organizations

• Voltaire (Author)
• William Bowyer the elder ("printed by")

Imprint

A Basle [i.e. London? : printed by W. Bowyer?], MDCCXXXIV. [1734]

Publication year

1734

ESTC No.

T138264

Grub Street ID

186136

Description

[8],228,[20]p. ; 8°.

Note

M. D. V*** = F.M.A. de Voltaire

First published in 1734 as 'Lettres philosophiques'

The imprint is false; printed in London by William Bowyer, whose records show 1500 copies printed for Davis & Lyon

Signatures: [superscript pi]A]4 A-P]8 Q]4

Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster.

Uncontrolled note

Catchwords, press figures and signing suggest English origin. Ornaments correspond with those used by Bowyer. See K.I.D. Maslen's 'The Bowyer ornament stock', 1973