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VOLTAIRE. Complete works. S.l. [Kehl], De l'Imprimerie de la - Lot 18
VOLTAIRE. Complete works. S.l. [Kehl], De l'Imprimerie de la Société littéraire-Typographique, 1785-1789.
70 volumes in-8°, calf, smooth spine decorated (period binding).
Famous edition by Beaumarchais.
Approximately 94 engraved plates by MOREAU le JEUNE, including one folded plate in the first volume.
From the Bernard Minoret library, with bookplate.
A few scuff marks on the boards: minor damage to seven headpieces.
"This suite is one of Moreau's masterpieces, and is sustained without fail from one end to the other for nearly a hundred compositions",
(Cohen, 1042-1044): Bengesco, 2142
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