VOLTAIRE - Voltaire, Oeuvres complètes - 1818
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Voltaire, Oeuvres complètes, a 42-volume Paris 1818 reedition in French, totaling about 19,740 pages, bound in brown half-leather with marbled boards and inserted plates, in good condition.
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Voltaire: Complete Works. In Paris, at Lefèvre and Deterville, Booksellers, 1818. 42/42 (complete in 42 volumes).
Between 400 pp. and 550 pp./volume, or about 19,740 pages for the entire work. 21x13 cm, 33 kg (packaging included). Shipped in 2 parcels (20 kg + 13 kg) or pickup on site.
Binding (publisher, period) half brown morocco (demi-basane) light brown, smooth spine with gilt fillets and tailpieces, boards covered with marbled paper. Handling wear and use-related wear (not serious) on the binding; interior satisfactory.
In the frontispiece of Vol. 1 the Portrait (serpentine) of Voltaire, painted by Delatour in 1736 and engraved by L. Petit in 1818. Volume 19 concerns 'Physics'; it is complete with the two folding plates at the end. Volume 42, the last, is the General and Analytical Index by P.A.M. Miger.
T1: Life of Voltaire - T2 to T6: Drama - T7 to T9: Poetry - T10 to T12: Essays on Manners - T13 and T14: Centuries of Louis XIV and Louis XV - T15: History of Charles XII - T16: Annales de l'Empire (Annals of the Empire) - T17: Historical Miscellanies - T18: Politics and Legislation - T19: Physics - T20 and T21: General Philosophy - T22: Philosophical Dialogue - T23 to T26: Philosophical Dictionary - T27: Novels - T28 and T29: Literary Miscellanies - T30: Commentary on Corneille - T31 to T38: General Correspondence - T39 and T40: Correspondence with sovereigns - T41: Correspondence with d'Alembert - T42: General and Analytical Index by Miger.
Voltaire: Complete Works. In Paris, at Lefèvre and Deterville, Booksellers, 1818. 42/42 (complete in 42 volumes).
Between 400 pp. and 550 pp./volume, or about 19,740 pages for the entire work. 21x13 cm, 33 kg (packaging included). Shipped in 2 parcels (20 kg + 13 kg) or pickup on site.
Binding (publisher, period) half brown morocco (demi-basane) light brown, smooth spine with gilt fillets and tailpieces, boards covered with marbled paper. Handling wear and use-related wear (not serious) on the binding; interior satisfactory.
In the frontispiece of Vol. 1 the Portrait (serpentine) of Voltaire, painted by Delatour in 1736 and engraved by L. Petit in 1818. Volume 19 concerns 'Physics'; it is complete with the two folding plates at the end. Volume 42, the last, is the General and Analytical Index by P.A.M. Miger.
T1: Life of Voltaire - T2 to T6: Drama - T7 to T9: Poetry - T10 to T12: Essays on Manners - T13 and T14: Centuries of Louis XIV and Louis XV - T15: History of Charles XII - T16: Annales de l'Empire (Annals of the Empire) - T17: Historical Miscellanies - T18: Politics and Legislation - T19: Physics - T20 and T21: General Philosophy - T22: Philosophical Dialogue - T23 to T26: Philosophical Dictionary - T27: Novels - T28 and T29: Literary Miscellanies - T30: Commentary on Corneille - T31 to T38: General Correspondence - T39 and T40: Correspondence with sovereigns - T41: Correspondence with d'Alembert - T42: General and Analytical Index by Miger.
Details
Number of books
42
Subject
Literature, Reference
Book title
Voltaire, Oeuvres complètes
Author/ Illustrator
VOLTAIRE
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1818
Edition
Reprint
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Extras
Tipped in plates
Number of pages
19740
