VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE) Recueil de pieces fugitives en prose et en vers, [1739]
VOLTAIRE (FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE)
Recueil de pieces fugitives en prose et en vers, first edition, engraved title device by Duflos after Bouche (title slightly soiled and stained), 1740 [Paris, Prault, 1739]; Vie de Molière, avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages, second edition, Amsterdam, J. Catuffe, 1739, 2 works in one vol., contemporary half sheep, joints cracked, 8vo
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  • Two scarce works, the first a collection put together by Voltaire for Prault, copies of which were seized by the police and condemned to be destroyed by order of the Conseil du roi of December 4, 1739.

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