Le Caffe, ou l'Ecossaise, Com die en cinq actes. Par Mr. Hume, traduite en fran ais par M. de Voltaire. R pr sent es pour la premi re fois par les Com diens Fran ais ordinaires du Roi, le 26 Juillet 1760. Nouvelle dition, laquelle on a joint par suppl ment les corrections & augmentations faites aux R presentations.

[Voltaire, Fran ois Marie Arouet de].

Published by Geneve: Chez les Fr res Cramer, 1760., 1760

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A spurious publication in which Voltaire blatantly pretends that this is a French translation of an original work by the brother of David Hume. According to Voltaire, Hume's brother was pastor at an Edinburgh church, and had produced two other plays, which had been produced in London. ("Éil est le fr re de ce c l bre philosophe Mr. Hume, qui a creus avec tant de hardiesse & de sagacit les fondements de la m taphysique & de la morale; ces deux philosophes sont galement honneur l'Ecosse leur patrie" (preface). All editions of this work are rare. OCLC lists one copy of the present edition, the Library of Congress copy. Of the first edition, OCLC lists seven copies: Yale, Maryland, New York Public Library, Cornell, Harvard, Texas, Chicago. Twelvemo. [2], pp. [iii]-viij [p. iii misnumbered v], [iii]-xii, 108 p. Full modern speckled calf, gilt-ruled spine, edges stained red. Small brown stain on verso of title-page and next recto, some light dampstaining at top corner. Generally a very good copy. Early reprint, published in the same year as the first edition. (The first edition has a London imprint, though it was actually printed in Geneva, too, and Voltaire's name does not appear on the title.) Bengesco 222. See Mossner, Life of David Hume, p. 154, p. 368; The Forgotten Hume, 1943, p. 63. Seller Inventory # 7699

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Title: Le Caffe, ou l'Ecossaise, Com die en cinq ...

Publisher: Geneve: Chez les Fr res Cramer, 1760.

Publication Date: 1760

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good