Le Tremblement de Terre de Lisbonne,

(Voltaire.) [MARCHAND (Jean Henri)]

Le Tremblement de Terre de Lisbonne,

Tragédie en cinq actes: par m. André, Perruquier.

Description: woodcut vignette on title (a large wig surrounding a small mannekin head and other objects), some browning and spotting, penultimate leaf with a ragged tear at the top, no loss, verso repaired with Japanese tissue (over the text), pp. 88, 8vo, slightly later wrappers made of printer's waste

Publication Details: À Lisbonne: De l'Imprimerie du Public, 1755

Notes: Marchand, a lawyer, suffered from Voltairomania. He produced a number of parodies, this being one of them. The play is prefixed by a letter addressed to Voltaire, begging him to cast an eye over it.Barbier attributes to Marchand; Hoefer cites Barbier and adds: cette pièce est due, suivant l'abbé de La Porte, à la collaboration de Meyzieu et de Ducoin.The lower wrapper bears the imprint of La Feuille Villageoise, rue du Théâtre de l'Égalité: Théâtre de l'Égalité was the name bestowed upon l'Odéon in 1794....moreMarchand, a lawyer, suffered from Voltairomania. He produced a number of parodies, this being one of them. The play is prefixed by a letter addressed to Voltaire, begging him to cast an eye over it.Barbier attributes to Marchand; Hoefer cites Barbier and adds: cette pièce est due, suivant l'abbé de La Porte, à la collaboration de Meyzieu et de Ducoin.The lower wrapper bears the imprint of La Feuille Villageoise, rue du Théâtre de l'Égalité: Théâtre de l'Égalité was the name bestowed upon l'Odéon in 1794. HIDE

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Subject: Literature

Published Date: 1755

Stock Number: 62184

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