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Detailed Entry: Voltaire The Henriade, an Epic Poem, in Ten Cantos

Author(s) Voltaire
Unattributed Authorship No
Title The Henriade, an Epic Poem, in Ten Cantos
Editor(s) or Translator(s) Trans. [Patrick Lattin]
Place(s) of Publication London
Publisher(s) printed by Burton and Co.
Publication Date 1797
Format 22 x 28 cm.
Pagination or volumes viii + 224 [subscription edition]
Price 10/6
Reference CR, XXII, 407-9; MR, XXIII, 167-70
Library British Library
Shelfmark 640.l.5
Comment Attributed to Catherine Maria Bury, Countess of Charleville, in BL Cat., but generally accepted to be translated by Lattin who wished to help a French emigre. The Preface supports this. Lattin and his wife were subscribers.

This edition has been verified by examining the copy in the library with the shelfmark noted above.