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318 - 1661-231 [VOLTAIRE]. Works of Monsieur de V***.
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1661-231 [VOLTAIRE]. Works of Monsieur de V***. New edition in accordance with the Geneva in-4° edition. Neuchâtel, no publisher [Paris, Panckoucke], 1772–1773. 35 vols. [of 40] in-12. Drama. Volumes I–VIII; History of Charles XII, King of Sweden; Essays on the Customs and Spirit of Nations. Volumes I–VIII; Philosophical, Literary and Historical Miscellany, &c. Volumes I, III–VI; The Age of Louis XIV. Volumes II–IV; Newton’s Elements of Philosophy; Novels, allegorical, philosophical and historical tales. Volumes I–II; Miscellany of Poems. Volumes I–II; Spirit of the Encyclopaedia. Volumes I, III–VI. Light fawn half-basane, long spine, title page in green morocco, title in gold, speckled edges. (Contemporary binding). Edition published in 34 volumes in 1772–1773, to which are often added the 6 volumes of *Questions sur l’Encyclopédie* dated 1777, replaced here by *L’Esprit de l’Encyclopédie*, to which VOLTAIRE contributed. A handwritten note adds that the copies come from ‘BISCHWILLER, shot by the Germans’. (Bindings show signs of wear. Some foxing and discolouration)
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