Voltaire - Oeuvres - 7 volumes -
Complete rare collection of 7 volumes: complete works of Voltaire at Bacquenois in Paris - . Volumes in quarto 30 x 21 cm - 500 to 600 pages per volume. Text in two columns; body of works very clean and fresh: no water stains, dirt or yellowingMany engravings out of text under loose silk paper (these are sometimes missing); unevenly distributed between the works of theatre, poems, novels,... or they are particularly numerous and works of reflection (essays, philosophical dictionary,...) where they are absent.Half bindings in full blue calf by the famous bookbinder Badiejous from Toulouse; adorned compartments, titles and volume numbers Paperboard covers covered with blue paper (with some imperfections: see photos)- Volume I: Vie de Voltaire par Condorcet, La Henriade, La Pucelle, Poèmes et discours, Epitres en vers, Contes en vers, Facéties- Volume II: Théatre- Volume III: Essai sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, Histoire de Charles XII, Histoire de la Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand- Volume IV: Siècle de Louis XIV, Siècle de Louis XV, Annales de l'Empire, Histoire du parlement de Paris, Mélanges historiques- Volume V:Politique et législation, Physique, Philosophie générale- Volume VI: Dictionnaire philosophique- Volume VII: Romans philosophiques, Dialogues, Mélanges littéraires, Commentaires sur Corneille Read More