Extracts from Voltaire, 1760, and from Hume on English history

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  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 45
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1760
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (91 ff.). Probably written in a single hand. Bound in boards. Ff.1v, 9v-11v, and 19v-91 are blank, and ff.18r-19r have only a ruled line drawn on them. On f.1r there is a note in blue pencil which reads 'Destroy'

Scope and Content

Comprises notes on some of the salient events in mainly English history from Ethelred to Queen Anne, extracted from a translation of Voltaire's writings, with notes on China and Charlemagne's time on f. 1, followed on ff. 16-17 by similar notes extracted from Hume's writings on some selected events from Richard III's days to those of James II

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of these extracts is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased at Sotheby's on 17 November 1981

Note

In English