Voltaire - Œuvres de M. de Voltaire - 1757

Enchanting ten-volume set of this edition that gathers a substantial portion of François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, literary, philosophical, historical, poetic, and dramatic production, one of the major figures of the Enlightenment era -

This edition presents a work deeply marked by the will to subject all institutions, beliefs, and traditions to the judgment of reason -

The different volumes bring together tragedies, epic and satirical poems, philosophical essays, historical writings, letters, dialogues, and various pamphlets in which Voltaire develops a thought based on tolerance, freedom of conscience, progress of knowledge, and the fight against religious fanaticism -

His tragedies, inspired as much by Antiquity as by modern history or the Orient, stage the conflicts between duty, passion, power, and justice, while exalting the virtues of moderation, nobility of mind, and freedom -

Through his poems, he both celebrates the exploits of great sovereigns and the progress of civilization and resorts to satire to denounce the vices of his time, intolerance, superstition, ignorance, and abuses of power -

Voltaire - Œuvres de M. de Voltaire - 1757 - Tome I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X -
Approximately 3,987 pages

Good condition of the bindings, volumes in full brown morocco leather of the period, signs of wear from use, a few minor defects on boards and spine, headcaps, corners and joints worn, red edges, spine with raised bands, titles and volume numbers gilded on pieces of burgundy morocco, blind tooling bordering the boards -

Good interior condition, some stains, title pages printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful vignette, pretty head- and tail-pieces, volumes enriched with fine black engravings off the text including a frontispiece, flyleaves marbled in good condition, a pleasing set -

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