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295 - [Voltaire]. Set of 8 volumes comprising: -[LA BAUMELLE (Laur…
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[Voltaire]. Set of 8 volumes comprising: -[LA BAUMELLE (Laurent de)]. M. de Voltaire as portrayed by himself, or letters by this writer, in which one will find the story of his life, his works, his quarrels... with a wealth of anecdotes, observations and literary judgements. Lausanne, Compagnie des libraires, 1768. 12mo, 19th-century half-percaline (unbound; mark in the margin of the last folio). -History of Charles XII, King of Sweden. With anecdotes about Tsar Peter the Great, and several pieces relating to the history of Charles XII. Geneva: Cramer Brothers, 1760, 12mo, [2] leaves, 535 pp., engraved frontispiece, mottled tan sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, title label in fair sheepskin (corners and one cut worn, epigraph, frontispiece yellowed, some foxing and soiling) Ancient handwritten bookplate on the title page, ‘Bonsergent, notary at Châteaudun’. -The Age of Louis XIV. Published by M. de Francheville... Second edition... In Leipzig, n.p., 1752. 2 volumes in 4 parts, in 2 in-12 volumes, [4] folios, 239 pp.; [2] folios, 323 pp. + [2] folios, 238 pp.; [2] folios, 316 pp., contemporary marbled havana calf, decorated ribbed spine, title and volume labels in maroon and brown, red edges (3 corners blunt, a tear at one cut; slight traces of a stamp on the title pages, 5 browned quires, detached with a paper square in margin II, 2, p. 23). A rare edition containing additions made by Voltaire during publication. Copy containing endpapers in Volume 1, Part 1, pp. 165–166; Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 117–118, 147–148, 247–248, 269–270, 279–280 and 303–304; and in Volume 2, Part 2, pp. 147–148 and pp. 243–244, in accordance with the copy held at the BnF. See on this subject Bengesco, I, 1185–1186. -PAILLET DE WARCY (L.). A History of the Life and Works of Voltaire, followed by the judgements passed on this famous man by various esteemed authors. Paris: published by Mme Dufriche, Ponthieu & Delaunay, 1824. Two volumes, in-8, XIII–418 pp. + [2] folios, pp. 419–941, plates, green Bradel-style cardboard binding of the period, title and volume number labels in red sheepskin (corners worn, some scuffing, heavy foxing, faint water stain at the end of vol. 1). In contemporary green Bradel binding, with red sheepskin title and volume number labels (corners worn, some rubbing, heavy foxing, slight water stain at the end of vol. 1). Illustrated with a folding lithographic frontispiece featuring five portraits of Voltaire, and four sheets of facsimiles. -[SERVIÈRES (Baron de)]. Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de M. de Voltaire; in which one finds various little-known writings by him concerning his disputes with J. B. Rousseau and other men of letters; a large number of anecdotes; and a critical review of his plays [edited by the Abbé Louis-Mayeul Chaudon]. Amsterdam, n.p., 1785. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12, [4] folios, 263 pp., [2] folios, 240 pp., contemporary granite-patterned havana sheepskin, smooth spine, red sheepskin title label, red-speckled edges (caps and corners rubbed, browning on the title page and the last folio, stamps on the title page). -The Thoughts of Monsieur de Voltaire. Amsterdam: published by Pierre Erialed, 1772. 3 parts in 1 vol. in-12, 328 pp., [3] folios running consecutively, contemporary marbled tan sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, garnet morocco title label, red edges (scuff marks; foxing).
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