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Total number of records: 522

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Brotherton Collection68
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philosophy31
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Voltaire (1694-1778)522
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794)171
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799)161
Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827)161
Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820)92
Voltaire39
Caylus, Marthe-Marguerite (1673-1729)32
Maintenon, Madame De, 1635-171932
La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel De (1726-1773)32
Voltaire, 1694-177817

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Alzira : a tragedy

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); Voltaire (1694-1778); Bell, John (1745-1831)

1791

"This is a translation from Voltaire, declamatory, turgid and languid, in the general tone of the French theatre."--Preface.

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Zara : a tragedy

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1796

A reworking of the 'Zaïre' of Voltaire.

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Das Caffee-Haus, oder, die Schottländerinn : ein Lust-Spiel

Voltaire (1694-1778); Bode, Johann Joachim Christoph (1730-1793)

1761

Translated by J.J. Chr. Bode.

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Alzira : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1779

Printed in double columns. With plate: "Mr. Wright in the character of Don Carlos" - facing title-page. Title vignette; head- and tail-piece.

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Mahomet the impostor : A tragedy, as it is now acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Miller, James (1706-1744); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1766

'This play is partly a translation, and partly an imitation of the celebrated Mahomet of Voltaire, the first four acts composed by the Rev. Mr. Miller, and the last by a gentleman eminent for his dram...

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Zobeide : a tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden

Cradock, Joseph (1742-1826); Voltaire (1694-1778); Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805)

1771

Prologue by Dr. Goldsmith; epilogue by Mr. Murphy.

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Matilda : a tragedy. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane

Francklin, Thomas (1721-1784); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1775

Adaptation of: Amélie, ou, Le duc de Foix / Voltaire.

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Runnamede : a tragedy

Logan, John (1748-1788); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1783

An adaptation of Voltaire's Tancrède.

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Semiramis : a tragedy: as it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane

Ayscough, George Edward (1779); Voltaire (1694-1778)

1776

An adaptation of Voltaire's play.

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An essay on taste

Gerard, Alexander (1728-1795); Voltaire (1694-1778); Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783); Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat baron de (1689-1755)

1764

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Éloge de Louis, dauphin de France

Thomas M (1732-1785); Voltaire (1694-1778)

[1766?]

With a letter from Voltaire to Antoine Thomas.

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