Geneve: Cramer 1768. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11" by 9". Various. The first seven volumes only of the first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire. Illustrated with fantastic engraved plates. In the original French.The first folio edition of Voltaire's collected works. Present here are the first seven volumes only of a thirty volume set.An impressive collection of the works of Voltaire the influential writer of the French Enlightenment. He was famous for his outspoken wit satire and for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. Voltaire was a prolific author writing more than twenty-thousand letters during his life as well as more than two-thousand books and pamphlets. This set contains a collection of his prose and non-fiction works. Volume I 'La Henriade' published in 1768 illustrated with two frontispieces and ten plates. Collated complete.Volume II 'Histoire de Charles XII' published in 1768 illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate. Collated complete.Volume III 'Theatre Tome I' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated lacking the frontispiece.Volume IV 'Theatre Tome II' published in 1768 illustrated with five plates. Collated complete.Volume V 'Theatre Tome III' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VI 'Theatre Tome IV' published in 1768 illustrated with six plates. Collated complete.Volume VII 'Theatre Tome V' published in 1768 illustrated with nine plates. Collated complete.With the bookplate of Emily Francis Whitney to each front pastedown.Lacking half titles. In full calf bindings. Volume I rebacked retaining the original endpapers. Minor losses of calf to back strip heads. Volume II-VI joints starting with boards firmly held. Volume VII joints starting with rear board a touch tender. Volume I front hinge strained but firmly held. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Front free endpaper of vol. V tenderly held to head only. Internally firmly bound. Volume II frontispiece detached and loosely inserted. Pages bright and generally clean. Light tide marks to fore edge of leaves to the first half of volume I. Light spotting throughout volume I and IV and further spotting to pages facing plates. Very Good [Cramer] hardcover
Geneve 1768. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Multii-volume set45 volumes rebound nicely in red. Pages are slightly discolored and there is some foxing but the interior is quite clean. Rebound in order to save the volumes. Extra shipping will apply <br/> <br/> Geneve hardcover
MARTINS - MARTINS FONTES. new. Reunimos nesta colet�nea tr�s coment�rios de cunho pol�tico escritos por Voltaire entre 1762 quando da publica��o do Contrato social de Rousseau e 1777 isto � durante os quinze �ltimos anos de sua vida. O ano de 1762 data do mais antigo coment�rio incluindo neste livro foi tamb�m de grande import�ncia no desenvolvimento do pensamento pol�tico de Voltaire ano marcado pelo processo e execu��o de Jean Calas. A obra traz coment�rio sobre O esp�rito das leis de Montesquieu coment�rios sobre o livro Dos delitos e das penas de Beccaria seguido da Carta ao marqu�s de Beccaria e finalmente as famosas notas sobre o Contrato social. Por meio desses coment�rios e cr�ticas o leitor ter� uma vis�o do pensamento pol�tico de Voltaire. MARTINS - MARTINS FONTES unknown
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