1787 VOLTAIRE Candide Zadig Micromegas Provenence!!

VOLTAIRE (François-Marie Arouet de)

Romans. Tome I.

Gotha, Ettinger, 1787.

Large 8vo. 8.3 x 5.1 inches

3 leaves, 440 pages. COMPLETE.

Original half calf with marbled boards and rich gilt tooling to spine, red edges.

Issued as volume 44 of Voltaire’s huge Oeuvres complètes.

Self contained first volume of Voltaire's novels, containing among others his famous CANDIDE, Zadig, Micromegas, etc.

François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778), better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, philosophical sport, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion. A satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize Catholic Church dogma and the French institutions of his day.

Written in French.

Provenence: Engraved Ex Libris of the Castle Library at Eriksberg, Germany.

Some rubbing to binding, wear to corners, edges, labels & foot to spine. Inside clean & fresh with little spotting & occasional light even age toning.

A good and firm example with a fine PROVENENCE.

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