A letter from M. Voltaire to the French Academy: containing an appeal to that society on the merits of the English dramatic poet Shakespeare: read before the Academy on the day of St. Louis, MDCCLXXVI. Translated from the original edition, just published at Paris. With a dedication to the Marquis of Granby, and a preface, by the editor.
Voltaire,1694-1778.
London : printed for J. Bew,
1777.
Preface: 'A French translation of [Shakespeare] which had obtained a very liberal subscription, gave occasion to this appeal'.
With a half-title.
ESTC