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Voltaire in Exile; The Last Years, 1753 - 78
by Davidson, Ian
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802117910
- ISBN 13
- 9780802117915
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About This Item
Grove Press, USA, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, introduction by author, notes, bibliography and index. Between pages 137 and 138 there are eight pages of black and white reproductions of contemporary illustrations. "In 1753, Voltaire - playwright, poet, philosopher, and one of the most feted figures in Europe - was forced into exile by Louis XV, where he would remain for the last twenty-five years of his life. These years heralded a starting new beginning during which Voltaire became a successful entrepreneur and wrote his masterpiece Candide. Cast out by the establishment, Voltaire also develop this astonishingly modern ideas of human rights, borne out in his campaigns against a series of miscarriages of justice." -- from the rear panel blurb. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 342, [5] pages,. No damage to describe. Clean tidy copy, with matching dustwrapper.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy. ISBN: 0802117910. ISBN/EAN: 9780802117915. Inventory No: 0266277. . 9780802117915
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Voltaire in Exile; The Last Years, 1753 - 78
- Author
- Davidson, Ian
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802117910
- ISBN 13
- 9780802117915
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Voltaire, biography, 18th century, philosophy, politics, human rights Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy. Illustrated Unbranded ISBN: 0802117910 EAN: 9780802117915 Davidson, Ian Voltaire in Exile; The Last Years, 1753 - 78
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