VOLTAIRE (AROUET François-Marie, DIT)Livre Rare Book
879 résultats
1719réf. 969Paris RIBOU Pierre 1719 In-12(175x110mm.), maroquin grenat; encadrement de deux filets dorés, de même que sur le dos sans nerf; tranches dorées.(Reliure du début du XXème siècle).
1768réf. 2561, , 1768. Voyages et Aventures d'une Princesse Babylonienne, Pour servir de suite à ceux de Scarmentado. Par un vieux Philosophe, qui ne radote pas toujours. A Genève (Paris), 1768. In-8 de (4)-156 pp. L'Homme aux Quarante Écus. Sans lieu, 1768. In-8 de 124 pp. Les Droits des Hommes, et les Usurpations des Autres. Traduit de l'Italien par l'Auteur de l'Homme aux quarante écus. A Amsterdam, 1768. In-8 de 47 pp. Le Dîner du comte de Boulainvilliers, Par Mr. St. Hiacinte. A Amsterdam, Chez Marc-Michel Rey, 1768. In-8 de 48 pp. 4 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-8, veau havane marbré, dos orné à nerfs, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque).
réf. 115135ABParis: Blaizot; 1927. 225 x 27 cm. 6 Bll. 176 S. 3 Bll. Halbfranzband in Maroquin. Pergamentüberzug mit goldener Spiralmusterprägung. Meistereinband von und gestempelt mit "René & Michel Kieffer". Sehr guter Zustand. Kurzroman von Voltaire in dem ein Nordamerikaner an der Küste der Bretagne landet und durch eine Verwechslung bei einem Prior und dessen Schwester aufgenommen wird. Durch seine Ehrlichkeit weil er "ganz naiv stets sagt was er denkt und tut was er will" nennt man ihn den Harmlosen; und da ihm die Kunst der Heuchelei fremd ist stehen ihm viele Enttäuschungen in der Adelsgesellschaft des franz. 18. Jhdts bevor. Voltaire erreicht es so die europäische Kultur in ihrem Zusammenstoß mit der unverbildeten Person des Harmlosen lächerlich und fragwürdig zu machen. siehe auch KLL. Eines von 350 num. Exemplaren auf Vélin-de-Rives-Bütten. Die Zeichungen und der Buchschmuck in diesem Band von Bernard Naudin 1876-1946 zählen zu seinen schönsten Arbeiten. 1927 unknown
1764réf. 24563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. aux depens de la compagnie unknown
1764réf. 24563Londres: aux depens de la compagnie 1764. 8vo pp. xvi 384; engraved frontispiece and 20 engraved plates; 20th-century full crimson straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf decorative gilt border on covers gilt-paneled spine and preserving the original blue printed wrappers which are bound in. First published without plates at Louvain in 1755. This is likely a 'variorum' edition probably Dutch based on the first authorized edition of 1762 Geneva with variant readings from earlier piracies. Bengesco 491. aux depens de la compagnie unknown books
1824réf. 23898Paris: Delangle Frères 1824. Later printing. Hardcover. fair. Octavo. Half leather over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spines. marbled endpapers. Fascinating edition of the works of the most famous French Enlightenment writer essayist and philosopher of all times. It includes: Vol. 1 : Biographie. Vol.2 : Mémoires. Vol. 3-12 : Théâtre. Vol. 13 : La Henriade. Vol. 14 : La Pucelle. Vol. 15-18 : Poésie. Vol. 19-24 : Essai sur les moeurs. Vol. 25-27 : Le Siècle de Louis XIV. Vol. 28-29 : Le Siècle de Louis XV. Vol. 30 : Histoire de Charles XII. Vol. 31 : Histoire de Russie. Vol. 32-33 : Annales de l'Empire. Vol. 34 : Histoire du Parlement de Paris. Vol. 35-37 : Mélanges historiques. Vol. 38-40 : Politique et législation. Vol. 41-42 : Physique. Vol. 43-48 : Philosophie. Vol. 49-50 : Dialogues. Vol. 51-58 : Dictionnaire philosophique petite perte à la coiffe du volume 54. Vol. 59-60 : Romans. Vol. 61 : Facéties. Vol. 62-64 : Mélanges littéraires. Vol. 65-67 : Commentaires. Vol. 68-95 : Correspondance. Vol. 96-97 : Tableau analytique. Some edge wear on bindings with joints edges and corners partly rubbed. A few volumes have their head or tail of spine chipped. Volume 97 has a different binding and is from a different publisher Beaudouin Frères. Only volume 64 is in poor condition with its first 50 pages missing and heavy worming affecting text. Sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall fair to good interior in good condition. Delangle Frères hardcover
1824réf. 23898Paris: Delangle Frères 1824. Later printing. Hardcover. fair. Octavo. Half leather over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spines. marbled endpapers. Fascinating edition of the works of the most famous French Enlightenment writer essayist and philosopher of all times. It includes: Vol. 1 : Biographie. Vol.2 : Mémoires. Vol. 3-12 : Théâtre. Vol. 13 : La Henriade. Vol. 14 : La Pucelle. Vol. 15-18 : Poésie. Vol. 19-24 : Essai sur les moeurs. Vol. 25-27 : Le Siècle de Louis XIV. Vol. 28-29 : Le Siècle de Louis XV. Vol. 30 : Histoire de Charles XII. Vol. 31 : Histoire de Russie. Vol. 32-33 : Annales de l'Empire. Vol. 34 : Histoire du Parlement de Paris. Vol. 35-37 : Mélanges historiques. Vol. 38-40 : Politique et législation. Vol. 41-42 : Physique. Vol. 43-48 : Philosophie. Vol. 49-50 : Dialogues. Vol. 51-58 : Dictionnaire philosophique petite perte à la coiffe du volume 54. Vol. 59-60 : Romans. Vol. 61 : Facéties. Vol. 62-64 : Mélanges littéraires. Vol. 65-67 : Commentaires. Vol. 68-95 : Correspondance. Vol. 96-97 : Tableau analytique. Some edge wear on bindings with joints edges and corners partly rubbed. A few volumes have their head or tail of spine chipped. Volume 97 has a different binding and is from a different publisher Beaudouin Frères. Only volume 64 is in poor condition with its first 50 pages missing and heavy worming affecting text. Sporadic foxing throughout. Text in French. Bindings in overall fair to good interior in good condition. Delangle Frères hardcover books
1929réf. 23833New York: Rimington & Hooper 1929. Number One of "The Savoy Editions" limited to 999 copies. Fine in slipcase with edge wear. Number One of "The Savoy Editions" limited to 999 copies. Small quarto x iv 131p colophon. Introduction by David Garnett. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. Quite beautifully bound by Joseph Zuffante Jr. at The Monastery Hill Bindery in full royal blue crushed morocco with watered silk doublures and flyleaves t.e.g. the spine in six panels with gilt title and frames with floriate corners the covers with very large corner pieces in densely built up dots and leaves with small fleur-de-lys in cream onlays the upper cover with large central device of a fleur-de-ly formed of cream onlays with gilt outlines and dense gilt areas the dentelles designs repliate the covers. A stunning binding. Rimington & Hooper unknown
1768réf. 82403Geneve 1768. First edition of one of Voltaire's best-known works of prose. Octavo original full period calf gilt titles to the spine red morocco spine label raised bands marbled endpapers. In good condition. Rare and desirable. “One of Voltaire’s finest romances” The Princess of Babylon relays the story of the beautiful Formosanta who travels the world in search of her lover Amazan Barron Fantasy Literature I:88. Subtle in its philosophy Voltaire breaks narrative conventions in this novella to foster Enlightenment values and in the process also “pokes fun at a number of literary traditions” Pearson Fables of Reason 196. The novella saw instant success upon publication and was in such demand that it was being illegally pirated in England and printed under a false imprint of ‘Geneva’ when it was actually printed in London. hardcover
réf. 9125128"Short description: In Russian. Volkenshtein, Fedor Akimovich. In the pre-revolutionary courts. Moscow; Leningrad: L. D. Frenkel, 1924 (L.: type. Comintern ). You are welcome to reach out to us for a detailed description of the copies currently available. Delivery of this book may take longer than usual including extended processing and pre-shipping time, no expedited shipping is available. Please advise us if you have a set date or a deadline to receive your order.SKU9125128"
1759réf. elala1495np Paris: 1759. 1759. 12mo. pp. 237 3. contemporary calf gilt back spine ends worn. Published the same year as the first. Voltaires witty and devastating attack on philosophical and religious optimism is generally regarded as his most masterful composition. Published surreptitiously no less than seventeen different printings and editions appeared in 1759. Bengesco 1440. Martin 59.25. cfCioranescu 64321. cfQuérard X 323. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 204. BOUND WITH: POPE Alexander 1688-1744. Essai Sur LHomme Traduit de lAnglois en François Édition revûe par le Traducteur Second Édition. 12mo. pp. 2 p.l. vii-xxxvi 189 3privilege. woodcut ornaments & title vignette. Lausanne: Marc Michel Bousquet & Compagnie 1752. np [Paris]: 1759. unknown
réf. elala2018Parma: Bodoni Press 1798. 8vo. pp. 3 p.l. 128. with initial blank. 19th century quarter roan bit rubbed some light foxing. BOUND WITH: .La Marianna Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. x 2 107. complete with initial blank. Parma: Bodoni Press 1804. BOUND WITH: .L'Olimpia Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l. xii 2 135. Parma: Bodoni Press 1805. BOUND WITH: .L'Alzira Tragedia Di Voltaire Nuovamente Tradotta. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. viii 106. some light foxing. Parma: Bodoni Press 1797. New Italian translations by Luigi Landriani of four of Voltaire's plays: a nice grouping of Bodoni imprints. Brooks 711 932 961 679. Parma: Bodoni Press, 1798. unknown
1912réf. 328118Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Marcus Behmer. 40 exquisite tipped in etchings by Marcus Behmer. The etchings integrated with the text range widely in size and format from full page illustrations to historiated initials and vignettes. 77. 5 pages. Small folio original black-lettered mustard cloth Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited edition -- Number 86 of 170 copies on "amerikanisches Japan" printed at the Pan Presse. A near fine copy of this scarce book. Voltaire: Zadig or Fate. An Oriental History. Behmer's wryly exquisite Beardsleyesque interpretation is the first of a sequence of Voltaire illustrations in modern German Pressbooks followed by editions of "Candide" by Klee Unold and Kubin. --Schauer II. 43. Paul Cassirer unknown
1912réf. 328118Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Marcus Behmer. 40 exquisite tipped in etchings by Marcus Behmer. The etchings integrated with the text range widely in size and format from full page illustrations to historiated initials and vignettes. 77. 5 pages. Small folio original black-lettered mustard cloth Berlin: Paul Cassirer 1912. Limited edition -- Number 86 of 170 copies on "amerikanisches Japan" printed at the Pan Presse. A near fine copy of this scarce book. Voltaire: Zadig or Fate. An Oriental History. Behmer's wryly exquisite Beardsleyesque interpretation is the first of a sequence of Voltaire illustrations in modern German Pressbooks followed by editions of "Candide" by Klee Unold and Kubin. --Schauer II. 43. Paul Cassirer unknown books
réf. 29017S.l. [Genève], 1771-1772. 9 vol. in-8°, basane fauve marbrée, dos à nerfs ornés de fleurons dorés, pièces de titre et de tomaison en veau havane, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque, petites fentes aux mors, qq. accidents aux coiffes. Bon exemplaire. (1) f., 376 pp.; (1) f., 390 pp. ; (1) f., 363 pp. et 2 planches hors-texte ; (1) f., 377 pp.; (1) f., 373 pp.; (1) f., 351 pp.; (1) f., 364 pp.; (1) f., 369 pp., (5) pp.; 378 pp. Il manque le cahier T du tome I (pp. 289 à 304) qui semble n'y avoir jamais été relié. Quelques rousseurs.[D57]
1901réf. 13129The Works of Voltaire / A Contemporary Version with notes / by Tobias Smollett revised and modernized; new translations by William F. Fleming and an introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh ; a critique and biography by the Rt. Hon. John Morley E. R. Dumont 1901 42 volumes complete a vg to near fine set bound in half leather with raised spines with marbled boards and matching marbled end-papers. 1/100 sets so labeled as the Les Delices Edition. Profusely illustrated. Formerly the set owned by 19th century Grand Rapids Lumber Baron Henry G. Dykhouse with his bookplates pn the front paste-downs. E. R. Dumont hardcover
1901réf. 13129The Works of Voltaire / A Contemporary Version with notes / by Tobias Smollett revised and modernized; new translations by William F. Fleming and an introduction by Oliver H. G. Leigh ; a critique and biography by the Rt. Hon. John Morley E. R. Dumont 1901 42 volumes complete a vg to near fine set bound in half leather with raised spines with marbled boards and matching marbled end-papers. 1/100 sets so labeled as the Les Delices Edition. Profusely illustrated. Formerly the set owned by 19th century Grand Rapids Lumber Baron Henry G. Dykhouse with his bookplates pn the front paste-downs. E. R. Dumont hardcover books
1901réf. 184304London: E. R. Dumont 1901. Translated by W. H. Ireland with rare and voluminous notes. Complete in two volumes. Pp. vi300last blankiv292last blank 18 hand-coloured plates with lettered guards including a frontispiece to each volume the title pages printed in red & black additional notes; demy 8vo; dark red morocco spines lettered and decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands boards lettered and decorated with a floral motif in gilt; t.e.g. others uncut; dentelles decorated in gilt around a large inlaid panel of tortoiseshell veneer dark green moire silk upper endpapers laid on the original light green marbled endpapers; a couple of tiny edge splits occasional light foxing; E. R. Dumont London 1901. Sans Souci edition limited to 25 numbered copies; this set specially bound. E. R. Dumont unknown
1744réf. 50051BB2 oeuvres en un volume. Paris, chez Prault. et Londres (i.e. Paris, Prault) 1744. In-8°. 2 ff. n.ch (titre, avis au lecteur), XXIV p., 115 p., 1p.bl., titre, 16 p. avec le portrait de Voltaire comme frontispice d'après le tableau de La Tour et deux gravures par Duflos. Reliure demi cuir d'époque, pièce de titre en maroquin framboise, décor doré.
1738réf. 41520A Amsterdam, chez Etienne Ledet & Compagnie, 1738. In-8 de 1 frontispice gravé, 1 portrait, titre et 399-(1) pp., veau brun glacé, dos orné à nerfs, triple filet doré sur les plats, pièces de titre en maroquin vert, dentelle intérieure, tête dorée, non rogné (reliure du XIXe siècle).
1785réf. 42634N.pl.: De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique 1785. 69 of 70 vols. Vol. 69 missing. Large 8vo 275x18 cm. Contemporary marbled boards; spines with paper title-lable of 19 volumes spines restored with contemporary marbled paper; many spines discoloured; 4 tops of spines damaged; 14 hinges more or less damaged but still holding strong. Printed on handmade paper uncut. Copies with wide margins . The set is carefully collated so we mention every minor defect: the verges of the uncut margins soiled; a small number of leaves: browned or soiled; some with light mostly marginal waterstain; margins of plates a bit soiled the frontisp.-portraits with brown spots. 1 general title and 1 sub-title missing; tear repaired in 3 leaves. On the whole a clean set. Most volumes count between 400 and 500 pages 26 volumes more than 500 pages and 9 volumes between 300 and 400 pages. with numerous engraved plates: engraved frontispiece-portrait of Voltaire engraved by Tardieu after De Largillière 6 other engraved portraits 107 of 108 engraved plates 1 engraved plan of the battle Turcs-Tartares and 1 allegorical double-page engraving in the last volume the only volume on title dated 1789. - the first posthumously printed edition with many unpublished pieces printed at Kehl in the printing office of de Beaumarchais who erected this office especially for the edition of Voltaire's works Vols 1-9: Théâtre. With frontisp. portrait and 44 engraved plates. Vol. 10: La Henriade. With 11 engraved plates. Vol. 11: La Pucelle. With 21 engraved plates a few with shorter margins: from an other copy. Vol. 12: Poemes et discours en vers. Vol. 13: Epitres. Vol. 14: Contes en vers. With 4 engraved plates. Vol. 15: Lettres en vers et en prose. Vol. 16-19: Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations et sur les principaux faits de l'histoire depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à Lous XIII. With frontisp.-portrait of Voltaire engraved by Langlois after De la Tour. Vols. 20-21: Siècle de Louis XIV. With frontisp.-portrait of Louis le Grand. Vol. 22: Précis du siècle de Louis XV. With frontisp.-portrait by Fosseyeux after Vanloo. Vol. 23: Histoire de Charles XII. Vol. 24: Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand; divisée en deux parties. with engraved plan battle Turcs - Tartares. Vol. 25: Annales de l'empire depuis Charlemagne. Vol. 26: Histoire du parlement de Paris. Vols.27-28: Melanges historiques. Vols. 29-30: Politique et législation. Vol. 31: Philosophie de Newton. With 14 explanatory engravings. Vols. 32-35: Philosophie générale: Métaphysique morale et théologie. With engraved frontisp.-portrait: buste de Voltaire. Vol. 36: Dialogues et entretiens philosophiques. Vols. 37-43: Dictionnaire philosophique. Vols. 44-45: Romans. With 12 engraved plates 4 inserted from another copy; 1 engraving missing '. cri de douleur'. Vol. 46: Facéties. Vol. 47-49: Melanges littéraires. With engraved portrait. Vols. 50-51: Commentaires sur Corneille. Vols. 52-63. Recueil des lettres de M. de Voltaire 1715-1778. Vols. 64-66: Lettres du Prince royal de Prusse et de M. de Voltaire. With engraved portrait of Frédéric II. Vol. 67: Lettres de l'impératrice de Russie et de M. de Voltaire. Vol. 68: Lettres de M. de Voltaire et de M. d'Alembert. first vol. of 2 1746-1768. Vol. 70: Vie de Voltaire par le marquis de Condorcet; suivie des Memoires de Voltaire écrits par lui-même; des Tables des Oeuvres &. With double-page allegorical engraving and 1 other engraving De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique hardcover
1808réf. 32539-528Paris De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard 1808-16. With 178 engraved plates mostly by Moreau le Jeune. 8vo c. 210 x 140 mm. Late 19th century full red morocco gilt lettering on spines somewhat faded gilt outer and inner fillets all edges gilt. From the library of James Arthur Taylor with his engr. bookplate. Paris De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard 1808-16. Rare edition of Voltaire's 1694-1778 collected works illustrated with a suite of engravings mostly done by J.-M. Moreau le jeune 1741-1814. Single copies from the present edition were also sold separately by Renouard. "Cette collection de gravures est l'une des plus belles qui ait jamais été exécutée pour aucun livre" Fürstenberg. Arranged in 21 vols. by Renouard it contains of: Théatre 9 vols. 1809; Romans 2 vols. 1809 and 1808; Poèmes et discours en vers 1808; Epîtres stances et odes 1808; Contes en vers satires et poésies mèlées 1808; Siècle de Louis XIV 2 vols. 1808; Précis du siècle de Louis XV 1808; Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand 1809; La Henriade poème avec les notes et variantes suivi de l'essai sur la poésie épique 1816; La Pucelle d'Orléans poème en vingt et un chants 1816; Histoire de Charles XII roi de Suède 1816. The majority of the volumes are illustrated with 113 engravings by Moreau le Jeune. Renouard added a series of c. 65 portraits of famous peoples mostly engraved by Augustin Saint-Aubin the copper-plates of which Renouard possessed. Probably this is the best-known work of Moreau le Jeune draftsman und engraver. After the first announcement of the publication of the Kehl edition of Voltaire's complete works he started the series of illustrations without an order and on his own account. Later Moreau sold them to Beaumarchais who included them in the de-luxe edition of Voltaire's complete works printed at Kehl in 1785-89. These series was also sold separately as in the present case.- Plates partly browned text-page very clean otherwise a nice set. - Bengesco IV 2184; Quérard La France littéraire X 378-379; Bocher Catalogue de l'oeuvre pp. 582 & 618; Sander Illustr. franz. Bücher 1407; cf. Cohen/de Ricci 1047; cf. Lewine p. 566; no copy in BnF. LITERATURE: FRENCH ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ; Paris, De l'Imprimerie des Frères Mame & Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard unknown
réf. 1658-05Amsterdam Jacques Desbordes 1738. gr.-8°. Gest. Portrait Voltaires gest. Frontisp. Portr. Newtons v. I. Folkema nach L. F. Dubourg Tit. in Rot u. Schwarz mit gest. Vign. v. Duflos 399 1 S. Mit 6 Kupfertaf. 106 Textkupfern dav. 48 ornament. Vign. u. 58 naturwissensch. Kpf. 3 Textholzschn. u. 1 gefalt. Tabelle in Kupfer. Pbd. d. Zt. m. hs. Rückentit. Berieb. Frontip. u. Tit. m. Nummernstempel 2 Bll. m. Einriß. Fast fleckenfreies unbeschnittenes Exemplar in einem Interimsband. Cohen-de Ricci 1037f.; Sander 1996; Gray Newton 155 - Zweite Ausgabe der Erstausgabe welche im selben Jahr bei Etienne Ledet in Amsterdam erschienen ist. Die ornamentalen Kupfer stammen u. a. v. L.-F. Dubourg J. Folkema F. M. La Cave B. Picart J. v. Schley. - Hervorragendes Beispiel für die französische Buchillustration des Rokokos in dem sich Illustrationen und aufgeklärte Naturwissenschaften harmonisch miteinander verbinden. - Voltaire verhalf mit diesem Werk die Erkenntnisse Newtons am Kontinent zu verbreiten. - "One of his Newton's greatest champions in France was Voltaire whose 'Elemens.' was wideley read. / Die Principia sind ein schwieriges Werk und so ist es nicht überraschend daß es nur wenige Zeitgenossen vollständig gelesen haben. Einer seiner berühmtesten Verfechter war in Frankreich Voltaire dessen 'Elemens de la Philosophie de Neuton' von 1738 in weiten Kreisen gelesen wurden" Carter-Muir S. 304. Amsterdam, Jacques Desbordes 1738. unknown
1740réf. 15915, , 1740-1744. La Mérope française, avec quelques petites pièces de littérature. A Paris, chez Prault fils, 1744. In-8 de (4)-XXIV-(2)-115-(1) pp. Lettre à M. Norberg, chapelain du roi de Suède Charles XII, auteur de l'Histoire de ce monarque. A Londres [Paris, Prault], 1744. In-8 de (2)-16 pp. Mahomet, tragédie. Par M. de Voltaire. Représentée à Paris pour la première fois le jeudi 10 août 1742. (Paris), 1742. In-8 de (2)-89 pp. Conseils à M. Racine sur son poème de la religion par un amateur des belles-lettres. Sans lieu, (1742). In-8 de 14 pp. Recueil de pièces fugitives en prose et en vers. Par M. de V***. (Rouen), 1740. In-8 de (4)-IV-223 pp.5 pièces reliées en 1 vol. in-8, veau blond glacé, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque).
1751réf. 16247Berlin: C F Henning. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1751. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vellum darkened and with some surface cracking light extremity wear; light foxing. No half-title pages. Errata page for both volumes bound at end of Vol I. Two custom owners' bookplates in first volume. Solid hardcovers. ; French language. Half vellum binding with marbled boards. Two of two volumes complete. Bengesco I 1178. This work was the most researched and carefully prepared of Voltaire's works. He began work on this project in 1734 while at the Chateau Cirey put it aside in 1738 and resumed work on it in 1750. First Edition First Printing of Voltaire's pioneering historical study of the age of King Louis XIV published while Voltaire was resident at the court of King Frederick II of Prussia.; xii 488 2 errata; ii 466 in 2v pages . C F Henning hardcover
