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a book with a title on it sitting on a tablea book open to a page with a picture on itan old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white tablean open book with a poem written in it sitting on a table
Médicis Enchères - Hôtel des Ventes Lyon

Estimate €100 - €200
Description
[VOLTAIRE]. TALES BY GUILLAUME VADÉ, an edition expanded by the author to include a supplement to the discourse ‘TO THE WELCHES’. IN GENEVA, no publisher, 1765. One volume, in-8 (20 x 13 cm), comprising XII pp., 314 pp., (1) f., in a full contemporary binding in marbled calfskin. Spine with five highly decorated and gilt raised bands bearing the gilt title on a patch of old red morocco, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges. A small tear in the leather on the back cover, a marginal tear on p. IX/X of the preface, a few scattered pinholes. Overall, a fine copy. Guillaume Vadé is a fictional character, and the preface by Catherine Vadé, his cousin, is also a fabrication.
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About the sale ASIA BOOKS MILITARIA
Auction location
Closing date 10/06/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 89078144
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