An essay upon the civil wars of France
Subtitle: extracted from curious manuscripts. : And also upon the epick poetry of the European nations, from Homer down to Milton
By: by Mr. de Voltaire ...
Edition: The 4th ed., corrected. To which is now prefixed, a discourse on tragedy, with reflections on the English and French drama. By the same author.
Publisher: Printed for N. Prevost, and Comp. ...
Published: 1731
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: History; Epic poetry; History and criticism; Tragedy
Notes: Written by Voltaire in English. Cf. BN.

ESTC notes that the printers' ornaments are those by Henry Woodfall.

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"A discourse on tragedy, to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke" (first arabic-paged sequence) first appeared in the author's Brutus, 1731.

Bengesco 1551

BN, CCXIV, 3661

English short title catalogue (ESTC), t109598
Table of contents: title: A discourse on tragedy, to the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Bolingbroke; title: The history of the civil wars of France, upon which the Henriade is grounded; title: An essay on epick poetry.