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Romans et Contes de M. De Voltaire

Romans et Contes de M. De Voltaire

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Romans et Contes de M. De Voltaire

by Voltaire

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Bouillon: Société Typographique, 1778. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Monnet et al. 3 volumes in old acid calf, corners worn, spine dulled, neatly rebound some time ago with the spines laid back down, some browning to leather turn ins on marbled endpapers. Apparently rebound very early on and with the original morocco spines laid back down . Small dampstain to portrait frontis in volume 1, scattered minor foxing and browning; generally bright internally and a lovely set of the first illustrated edition. WIth 58 plates including the uncovered version of the ladies being chased by monkeys in volume two which often was replaced by one with the ladies clothed. 304pp; 320pp; 236pp, 102pp. Brunet V 1363 [17235]. Cohen-de Ricci 1038-1039.

A lovely edition, printed in the duchy of Bouillon to avoid French censorship. Contains Zadig, La princesse de Babylone, Micromégas, Candide, Le Huron ou l'ingénu, l'Homme aux quarante Ecu, Les Contes arabes et indiens and others.

Provenance: German-Brazilian bibliophile Herbert Eberhard Hering (bookplate). First illustrated edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). 3-volume set (complete). Illustrator: Monnet et al. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Erotica. Inventory No: 048410.

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Bookseller
Pazzo Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
048410
Title
Romans et Contes de M. De Voltaire
Author
Voltaire
Illustrator
Monnet et al
Format/Binding
Hardcover (Full Leather)
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Société Typographique
Place of Publication
Bouillon
Date Published
1778
Keywords
Literature & Literary; Erotica. NOISBN
Bookseller catalogs
Erotica;
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.

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