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Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de

Complete works of Voltaire, 1785

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[Kehl], De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire Typographique, 1785 - 1789. 70 vols. In 8th. Numerous engraved plates, including a portrait of Voltaire drawn by Largillière, 93 plates of  Moreau the Younger, 15 portraits, a plan of a military camp and 14 mathematical tables. Slight foxing. Half leather binding with gold corners, title and friezes on the spine. 

Specialist Notes

Famous edition published under the direction of Condorcet and Decroix, and financed by Beaumarchais, who created a printing house expressly intended to produce this great work. This was the first complete edition of Voltaire's works published after his death in 1778. 

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