The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket.
by Voltaire, François Marie Arouté de
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London: Printed for Thomas Brown, 1765.. Hardcover. Very Good. Voltaire, François Marie Arouté de. The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket. London: Printed for Thomas Brown, 1765. Octavo. [iv], 335, [ii]pp. []2, B8-Y8 (- Y8 blank). First edition of the first English translation of Voltaire's "Dictionnaire Philosophique, Portatif," published the same year as another edition, printed for S. Baldon, with the same number of pages (priority not determined). Contemporary calf, with some repairs to the top and bottom of spine. Lowndes IV, p. 2793; ESTC T133745; Besterman VIII, 167.
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- The Philosophical Dictionary for the Pocket.
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- Voltaire, François Marie Arouté de
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- London: Printed for Thomas Brown, 1765.
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