Voltaire - Œuvres complètes - 1785-1789
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Voltaire, Œuvres complètes, 1st French edition, leather binding, 90 volumes, 479 pages, published 1785–1789, in reasonably good condition with some wear to covers and spines, interior with foxing and legible text, contents include major works and correspondence, tomes 33 and 67 missing, tome 4 bound differently.
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Famed edition known as the “Kehl” edition of Voltaire’s Complete Works, published after the author’s death under the direction of Beaumarchais and Condorcet. It was printed at Kehl, on the other side of the Rhine, to escape French censorship. It is the first major collected edition of Voltaire’s works, and the first to publish a large portion of his correspondence. Set in Baskerville type on laid paper.
The collection includes, notably: Theater, Poems, Epistles, Verse Tales, An Essay on Manners, The Age of Louis XIV, History of Russia, Annals of the Empire, History of the Parliament of Paris, Politics and Legislation, General Philosophy, Philosophical Dictionary, Novels, Facéties, Literary Miscellanies, Commentary on Corneille, General Correspondence, Correspondence with the King of Prussia, Correspondence with d’Alembert, as well as the Life of Voltaire (volume 92).
Binding: uniform period binding in calf, smooth and gilt-decorated spines, title and volume labels, marbled flyleaves. Volume 4 is bound differently.
Condition:
• Interior fresh: thick laid paper, text clearly legible, occasional foxing.
• Bindings worn: headcaps damaged or missing on several volumes, some joints cracked, rubbing and epidermures, some title pieces damaged or missing.
• Volumes 33 and 67 are missing.
Fine eighteenth-century library set, to be restored or kept as is.
Famed edition known as the “Kehl” edition of Voltaire’s Complete Works, published after the author’s death under the direction of Beaumarchais and Condorcet. It was printed at Kehl, on the other side of the Rhine, to escape French censorship. It is the first major collected edition of Voltaire’s works, and the first to publish a large portion of his correspondence. Set in Baskerville type on laid paper.
The collection includes, notably: Theater, Poems, Epistles, Verse Tales, An Essay on Manners, The Age of Louis XIV, History of Russia, Annals of the Empire, History of the Parliament of Paris, Politics and Legislation, General Philosophy, Philosophical Dictionary, Novels, Facéties, Literary Miscellanies, Commentary on Corneille, General Correspondence, Correspondence with the King of Prussia, Correspondence with d’Alembert, as well as the Life of Voltaire (volume 92).
Binding: uniform period binding in calf, smooth and gilt-decorated spines, title and volume labels, marbled flyleaves. Volume 4 is bound differently.
Condition:
• Interior fresh: thick laid paper, text clearly legible, occasional foxing.
• Bindings worn: headcaps damaged or missing on several volumes, some joints cracked, rubbing and epidermures, some title pieces damaged or missing.
• Volumes 33 and 67 are missing.
Fine eighteenth-century library set, to be restored or kept as is.
Details
Number of books
90
Subject
Literature
Book title
Œuvres complètes
Author/ Illustrator
Voltaire
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1785
Publication year youngest item
1789
Height
17.5 cm
Edition
1st Edition
Width
11 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
479
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