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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE) Oeuvres complètes, 30 vol., Geneva, 1768-1777 image 1
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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)
Oeuvres complètes, 30 vol., Geneva, 1768-1777

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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VOLTAIRE (FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE)

Oeuvres complètes, 30 vol., engraved allegorical frontispiece by J.J. Flipart after H. Gravelot, 42 plates by De Launay, Duclos, Levasseur and others after Gravelot, 7 engraved portraits, 2 additional portraits pasted in, half-titles in vol. 1-12 and 19-30, contemporary polished calf gilt, single roll-tool border to sides, spines in 7 compartments within raised bands, red and dark green morocco lettering labels and volume number (without labels to volume 14, numeral missing to vol. 11, 15 and 17, 3 other labels with small loss), g.e., a few spine ends with small chips but generally bright [Cohen-de Ricci 1041-42; Ray 21], 4to, Geneva, 1768-1777

Footnotes

Provenance: Henry Goulburn (1784-1856), bookplate. Having entered the Houses of Parliament in 1808, Goulburn was by 1810 under-secretary at the Home Office, under-secretary for war and colonies in 1812, and chancellor of the exchequer in 1828; by descent to the present owner.

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