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Voltaire’s Essay on Milton: PB 1-1954

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Titles

Voltaire’s Essay on Milton

Maker(s)

Author: Voltaire (author and philosopher)
Editor: Flower, Desmond
Printer: Crutchley, Brooke
Paper maker: Balston, W. & R.

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Description

Edited by Desmond Flower

Xiii,[3],29,[2]p, [1] leaf of plates : port ; 20cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)
  • Maidstone

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1954) by Crutchley, Brooke

Dating

Production date: AD 1954

Note

"Five hundred copies of this book have been printed and bound at the University Press, Cambridge for presentation by the University Printer to friends in printing and publishing Christmas 1954." Binding: Quarter green cloth, marbled paper sides (by Douglas Cockerell and Son), with gilt ornament in centre of upper board; gilt lettering on spine.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1-1954
Primary reference Number: 145785
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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