The age of Louis XIV. . To which is added, an abstract of the age of Louis XV. Translated from the last Geneva edition of M. de Voltaire, with notes, critical and explanatory, by R. Griffith, ...
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1779
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038126.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. . ill.., map, ports.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: E.5.4. Imperfect: wanting plates. The plates have been removed and bound in a separate volume of plates shelved at E.6.6. Shelved and uniform with 13 other vols. of the works of Voltaire. Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June, 2004, lot 609.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol.: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Quarter-bound buff paper with grey paper over boards. Manuscript spine title.
Makers and roles
François-Marie-Arouet Voltaire (1694-1778) R. Griffith