L’Ingenu: or The Sincere Huron. A True History. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire.
Glasgow: Printed for Robert Urie, 1768. Three English-language editions were printed in 1768, one in London, one in Dublin, and one in Glasgow. All have different collations, and none name a translator. The Urie edition is rare: ESTC lists seven copies, three in North America (Toronto, North Carolina, Huntington Library). Binding extremities lightly worn, occasional light marginal dampstaining. Old ink signature on title-page, later ink signature and address on front free endpaper, bookplate of a third owner on front pastedown. Overall a good, clean copy, with wide margins, possibly a large paper copy. Contemporary speckled calf with red calf spine label. Octavo, in fours. viii, 189, [1, ads] pp. Complete with the half-title. Item #7816
Price: $950.00