1768, ISBN: 0d4c96471f34f8fa36e983615a8e7af8

Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. London, Printed for S. Bladon, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1768. Lge.post 8vo (not watermarked); half-title not present; pp.[2]+[viii]+172; [ - ]<… Plus…

Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. London, Printed for S. Bladon, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1768. Lge.post 8vo (not watermarked); half-title not present; pp.[2]+[viii]+172; [ - ]<SUP>1</SUP>, A<SUP>4</SUP>, B - I, K - L<SUP>8</SUP>, M<SUP>4</SUP>; recent quarter calf, marbled sides, spine with five raised bands, plainly ruled and tooled gilt, red lettering-piece; edges burnished brown, period end-papers. Marginal ink correction to first leaf of author’s Advertisement; a couple of leaves with small fox-spots; otherwise a fine copy. The very scarce first edition in English of a work originally published in French, at Geneva, in 1767: a reply to Pierre Henri Larcher’s ‘Supplément á la Philosophie de l’histoire’ in which Voltaire defends l’Abbai Barzine’s ‘Philosophie de l’Histoire’ published in 1765. A curious work, full of black humour and sarcasm. NCBEL, 2:101; this title not in Rothschild. All books listed by Robert Temple are first editions unless otherwise stated.<