Satirical dictionary of Voltaire
By: edited, illustrated, and in a new English version by Paul McPharlin
Contributors: McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948, editor, translator, illustrator; McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948, binding designer; Beilenson, Peter, 1905-1962, book designer; Beilenson, Edna, 1909-1981, book designer; Peter Pauper Press
Publisher: The Peter Pauper Press
Published: 1945
Place of publication: Mount Vernon, New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Philosophy; Dictionaries
Work titles: Dictionnaire philosophique
Notes: Illustrated title page.

"First published as Questions on the Encyclopedia, then reprinted as Reason by Alphabet, and finally reworked, with many additions, as The Philosophical Dictionary, the prolix and untidy articles from which the present selection is made do not suffer from condensation" -- Editor's note.

"Nineteen hundred and fifty copies, set in the Baskerville types (in which Voltaire's collected works were first printed) have been printed on paper made specially for the Peter Pauper Press" -- Authors' & printer's note.

Rare Book copy: In original slipcase.
Table of contents: title: Adam; title: Almanac; title: Animals; title: Antiquity; title: Appearances; title: Bees; title: Books; title: Celibacy; title: Character; title: Common sense; title: Crime; title: Democracy; title: Divorce; title: Dog; title: Elegance; title: Enchantment; title: Equality; title: Filial Respect; title: Finesse; title: Franchise; title: Fraud; title: Government; title: Greatness; title: Happiness; title: Hell; title: Homeland; title: Ignorance; title: Impotence; title: Incubi; title: Justice; title: Kissing; title: Laughter; title: Laws; title: Liberty; title: Love; title: Marriage; title: Money; title: Morality; title: Nakedness; title: Novelty; title: Optimism; title: Passion; title: Plagiarism; title: Post; title: Property; title: Queries; title: Right; title: Self-love; title: Slow-bellies; title: Taste; title: Testicles; title: Truth; title: Usages; title: Verse; title: War; title: Wit; title: Women; title: Xenophanes; title: Yvetot; title: Zeal