The antidote, or, An enquiry into the merits of a book, entitled A journey into Siberia, made in 1761 in obedience to an order of the French king, and published, with approbation, by the abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, of the Royal Academy of Sciences ...
By: by a Lover of Truth ; translated into English by a Lady, and dedicated, with permission, to Her Imperial Majesty the Czarina.
Contributors: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.; Dashkova, E. R. kni͡a︡gini͡a︡, 1743-1810.; Shuvalov, Andrei Petrovich, graf, 1744-1789.; Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for S. Leacroft ...
Published: 1772
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769.; Siberia (Russia) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Enquiry into the merits of a book entitled A journey into Siberia; Remarks upon A journey to Siberia; Antidotal examination of the Abbé Chappe d'Auteroche's Journey from Paris to Tobolsk, with the level of that road, &c.; Remarks upon an inelegant book, elegantly printed, and entitled A journey into Siberia, by order of the French King, &c.
Notes: Translation of the French work "Antidote, ou, Examen du mauvais livre ... intitulé, Voyage on Sibérie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761, par M. l'abbé Chappe d'Auteroche," first published at St. Petersburg, 1770, and attributed to Catherine II of Russia, to the Princess Dashkova, and to Andrei Petrovich Shuvalov.  Cf. Barbier, t. 1, col. 212; Quérard, t. 2, p. 129.
"In which many essential errors and misrepresentations are pointed out and confuted; and many interesting anecdotes added, for the better elucidation of the several matters necessarily discussed."
Signatures: pi⁴ a⁴ B-N⁸ O⁴ P⁴ (last leaf blank).
LC Copy 1 has armorial bookplate of John Spranger, Esq.  Acquired by the Library of Congress in 1867. Last leaf wanting. In LC binding dated 1903; decorative endpapers.