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VOLTAIRE/ Romans et contes
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VOLTAIRE/ Romans et contes
À Bouillon, aux dépens de la Société typographique, 1778.
3 volumes in-8, blond calf, 5-ribbed spine, small-ink ornamented caissons, havana and black title and tomaison parts, triple gilt fillet bordering the boards, double gilt fillet at the edges, interior lace, gilt head, untrimmed, case [Petit succ.
de Simier] (stains to boards, case rubbed).
One of the finest illustrated editions of Voltaire's novels.
It features his portrait by La Tour engraved by Cathelin, 13 headpieces, and 57 hors-texte etchings (including 2 frontispieces), mostly after Monnet, others after
Marillier, Martini and Moreau.
PROVENANCE
Eugène Vincent (engraved bookplate). (Cohen, 1038)
À Bouillon, aux dépens de la Société typographique, 1778.
3 volumes in-8, blond calf, 5-ribbed spine, small-ink ornamented caissons, havana and black title and tomaison parts, triple gilt fillet bordering the boards, double gilt fillet at the edges, interior lace, gilt head, untrimmed, case [Petit succ.
de Simier] (stains to boards, case rubbed).
One of the finest illustrated editions of Voltaire's novels.
It features his portrait by La Tour engraved by Cathelin, 13 headpieces, and 57 hors-texte etchings (including 2 frontispieces), mostly after Monnet, others after
Marillier, Martini and Moreau.
PROVENANCE
Eugène Vincent (engraved bookplate). (Cohen, 1038)