Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur Voltaire
Subtitle: containing an apology for their own people and for the Old Testament; with critical reflections and a short commentary extracted from a greater
By: Translated by the Rev. Philip Lefanu, D.D.
Contributors: Voltaire, 1694-1778; Le Fanu, Philip, approximately 1735-; Powell, Cha. former owner
Publisher: Printed by William Young, bookseller, no. 52, Second-Street, the corner of Chesnut-Street
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 519
Subjects: Bible; Judaism; Jews; Evidences, authority; Apologetic works; History
Other titles: Letters of certain Jews.
Work titles: Lettres de quelques juifs portugais, allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire
Notes: Attributed to Antoine Guénée in the Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, Paris, 1817, v. 19.

Translation, by Philip Lefanu, of: Lettres de quelques juifs portugais et allemands et polonais à M. de Voltaire / by Antoine Guénée, first printed Paris, 1769.

Volume 2 is printed without title page and caption title reads: Letters from certain Jews, of the German and Polish Synagogue at Amsterdam to Mr. Voltaire. Second volume, third part.

"Epistle dedicatory, or, Letter from the editors to Mr. de Voltaire", v. 1, p. 10-12, signed Joseph Lopez, Isaac Montenero, Benjamin Groot, Jews in the environs of Utrecht.

"Letters of certain Portugueze Jews, with critical reflexions on the 1st chapter of the 7th volume (1) of the works of Mr. de Voltaire, with respect to the Jews", v. 1, p. 13-45, has separate caption title.

"A short commentary extracted from a greater", v. 2, p. 328-519, signed Joseph Ben Jonathan, Aaron Mathatai, David Wincker.

Pagination: v. 1: [4], 7-269, [1] p.; v. 2: [1], 272-519, [3] p.

Signatures: [A]² (-[A]2) ([A]1 verso blank) B-3T⁴ (T1, 2M1 versos blank) 3U⁴ (-3U4)

Errors in paging: p. 210 misnumbered 102.

Evans 28781.

Rosenbach, A.S.W. Amer. Jewish bib., 103.

English short title catalogue W37130.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full treed calf.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Cha. Powell: ms. autograph on recto of first front flyleaf.