Author: Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet De
Title: ESSAY SUR L'HISTOIRE GENERALE ET SUR LES MOEURS et L'ESPRIT DES NATIONS, DEPUIS CHARLEMAGNE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS. 8 VOLUMES
Description: (Geneva), Les Freres Cramer, 1758. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Eight Volumes including 7 volumes dated 1758 plus Volume 8 1763 ADDITIONS in 2 parts. Title Pages in red & black. Full calf, gilt designs and lettering, blacK & red labels. Binding worn, sewing firm, 3 covers detached, end-papers stained from leather dressing, pages clean, age-toned. cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 202. "Voltaire. Father of the history of civilization." Early engraved bookplate of John Fothergil, Esquire. Good.

Keywords: FRENCH HISTORY, PHILOSPHERS. 18TH CENTURY LIT. French


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