VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de)Livre Rare Book
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AN ESSAY ON THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV. BY MR. DE VOLTAIRE BEING HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MR. JOHN LOCKMAN
1739Best.-Nr. 852London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton at the Crown in Ludgate Street 1739. First edition. Near fine. Small octavo. 2442 pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page: Price Six-Pence. One page advertisement after conclusion of the translated text. First edition. An exceptionally scarce prospectus for Voltaire's landmark French enlightenment philosophy "Le Siecle de Louis XIV." Voltaire's revolutionary philosophical approach that argued intellect over military might was not completed or published until 1751 making this fragile 1739 pamphlet a remarkably early standalone English translation. ESTC T112827. Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street unknown
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