Voltaire - Voltaire – Siècles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV – 5 volumes – édition stéréotype Didot - 1803
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Voltaire – Siècles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV, five-volume edition in Didot stereotype printing, published in Paris by Pierre Didot l’aîné et Firmin Didot in 1803, with uniform brown half-leather bindings, approximately 13.5 × 9 cm per volume, about 1000 pages, in reasonable condition.
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Series of five volumes, volumes I to V, of the Siècles of Louis XIV and Louis XV, by Voltaire. Stereotype edition following Firmin Didot’s process, printed in Paris by Pierre Didot the Elder and Firmin Didot, in the year XI (1803).
The work traces the political, cultural and intellectual history of the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, with historical developments and Voltaire’s reflections on the arts, letters and events of his era.
Uniform bindings in brown half-leather, spines adorned with gilt fillets, title and volume labels, boards of blue-green paper. Dimensions of one volume measured from the photograph: about 13.5 × 9 cm.
Used condition with markings: rubbing and epidermization, leather losses, spines and corners heavily worn, hinges weakened and small losses visible. Boards stained and soiled; papers browned with foxing, spots and signs of use. The defects are visible in the photographs.
Exact pagination to be verified volume by volume.
Series of five volumes, volumes I to V, of the Siècles of Louis XIV and Louis XV, by Voltaire. Stereotype edition following Firmin Didot’s process, printed in Paris by Pierre Didot the Elder and Firmin Didot, in the year XI (1803).
The work traces the political, cultural and intellectual history of the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV, with historical developments and Voltaire’s reflections on the arts, letters and events of his era.
Uniform bindings in brown half-leather, spines adorned with gilt fillets, title and volume labels, boards of blue-green paper. Dimensions of one volume measured from the photograph: about 13.5 × 9 cm.
Used condition with markings: rubbing and epidermization, leather losses, spines and corners heavily worn, hinges weakened and small losses visible. Boards stained and soiled; papers browned with foxing, spots and signs of use. The defects are visible in the photographs.
Exact pagination to be verified volume by volume.
Details
Number of books
5
Subject
History
Book title
Voltaire – Siècles de Louis XIV et de Louis XV – 5 volumes – édition stéréotype Didot
Author/ Illustrator
Voltaire
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1803
Height
13.5 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
9 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Pierre Didot l’aîné et Firmin Didot, Paris
Binding/ Material
Half leather
Number of pages
1000
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