VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet. Recueil des romans de Voltaire contenant Zadig suivi de Micromégas / Candide ou l’Optimisme / L’ingénu histoire véritable / La Princesse de Babylone / Lettres d’Amabed suivies du Taureau blanc. Préface par Arsène Houssaye. Eaux-fortes par Laguillermie

Price : 5.500,00 

A precious collective edition of Voltaire's greatest novels.
A luxurious copy, one of only 20 printed on China paper containing the suite of etching in double state.

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Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, rue Saint-Honoré, 1878.

7 parts in 5 volumes, large 8vo, illustrated with a portrait and 11 etchings, all in double state, before and with the letter.

Red morocco, triple fillet around the covers, ribbed spine, gilt edges. Binding signed Chambolle-Duru.

214 x 130 mm.

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Precious collective edition of Voltaire’s most successful novels: Zadig, Micromégas, Candide ou l’Optimisme, L’ingénu histoire véritable, La Princesse de Babylone, Lettres d’Amabed followed by Le Taureau blanc.

Bengesco, I, 1547

The edition opens with a preface by Arsène Houssaye.

One of 20 precious copies of the first edition printed on China paper (this one n° 12) containing an additional suite of etchings before the letter.

The superb illustration features a portrait of Voltaire and 11 etchings by Laguillermie. The etching suite is presented here in double state, before and with the letter.

A superb copy of this China paper edition of Voltaire’s greatest novels, beautifully bound in red morocco by Chambolle-Duru.

Provenance: Emile Monteaux with ex-libris.

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Auteur

VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet.

Éditeur

Paris, Librairie des Bibliophiles, rue Saint-Honoré, 1878.