Voltaire - Œuvres complètes de Voltaire - 1822

Rare ensemble of this monumental edition that embraces Voltaire's entire intellectual production.

This edition aims to rehabilitate the Voltairian heritage in its totality, at a time when the ideals of the Enlightenment are in tension with the return of the monarchy.

The volumes are organized by genre and theme: the Contes philosophiques (Candide, Zadig, Micromégas...), the Pièces de théâtre (Œdipe, Zaïre, Mahomet...), the Essais historiques (Charles XII, Louis XIV, Russie, Mœurs...), the Traités philosophiques (Dictionnaire philosophique, Lettres anglaises, Traité sur la tolérance...), the Poésies, les Pamphlets, les Commentaires bibliques, les Textes scientifiques et les Correspondances.
Each volume is printed with care in clear typography.
Voltaire appears as a polemicist, dramatist, historian, poet, encyclopedist and epistolary author, articulating a thinking grounded in reason, in freedom of conscience, in critique of dogmas and in commitment against injustice.

This edition allows one to map the intellectual networks of the eighteenth century, to follow the stylistic and argumentative evolution of Voltaire, and to analyze the discursive strategies of an author who shaped modernity.

It also constitutes a vital resource for bibliophiles, curators of Enlightenment exhibitions and heritage digitization projects.

Good binding condition, volumes in half-leather, marbled boards, signs of use, some minimal defects on the covers.

Good internal condition, some staining.

The work is not complete, even though each book is consultable individually.
Missing volumes 4-5-7-8-9-10-15-23-27-28.