Voltaire, 1694-1778 [author]; Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 [notes]; Fleming, William F. [translator]; Leigh, Oliver H.G. [introduction]; Morley, John, 1838-1923 [critique and biography]

THE WORKS OF VOLTAIRE : A CONTEMPORARY VERSION : FORTY-TWO VOLUMES [24 VOLUMES ONLY]

Paris: E.R. DuMont, 1901. Collectors' edition, Limited edition. Octavo; Limited edition, 517/660; Collectors’ edition; 24 of 42 volumes only; G; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print, raised bands; Boards half bound with red leather to spine and corners and marbled paper to boards, light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spines with wear to hinges, light peripheral toning to leather; Text blocks have gilt top edge, marbled endpapers, deckle edges, foxing to frontispieces, some vols. with cracked or tearing front hinges, else clean and tight; Illustrated with “two hundred designs, comprising reproductions of rare old engravings, steel plates, photogravures, and curious fac-similes”— title page; CONTENTS: Vol. I. Introductory and Biographical ; Victor Hugo’s Oration ; Candide ; Poetical Dissertations (305 pages) — [Vol. II. missing]— Vol. III-IV. Romances : in Three Volumes. Vol. 2-3 only (2 vols.) — [Vol. V. missing] — Vols. VI-XIII. A Philosophical Dictionary : in Ten Volumes. Vols. 2-9 only (8 vols.) — [Vols. XIV-XV missing] — Vol. XVI. The Dramatic Works of Voltaire : in Five Volumes. Vol. 2 only (315 pages) — [Vol. XVII-XX missing] — Vol. XXI. History of Charles XII : in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 only (308 pages) — [Vol. XXII-XXIII missing] — VOL. XXIV-XXVIII. Ancient and Modern History : in Seven Volumes. Vols. 1-5 only (5 vols.) — [Vol. XXIX missing] — Vol. XXX. Ancient and Modern History : in Seven Volumes. Vol. 7 only (315 pages) — Vol. XXXI. Annals of the Empire : in Two Volumes. Vol. 1 only (303 pages) — [Vol. XXXII-XXXIII missing] — Vol. XXXIV-XXXV. History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great : in Two Volumes (2 vols.) — [Vol. XXXVI-XXXVII missing] — Vol. XXXVIII. The Henriade ; Letters and Miscellanies (309 pages) — [Vols. XXXIX-XL missing] — Vol. XLI. The Maid of Orleans : in Two Volumes. Vol. 2 only (291 pages) — [Vol. XLII missing].

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