ESSAY SUR L'HISTOIRE GENERALE ET SUR LES MOEURS et L'ESPRIT DES NATIONS, DEPUIS CHARLEMAGNE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS. 8 VOLUMES
by Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet De
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
(Geneva): Les Freres Cramer, 1758. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 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, 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.
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- Title
- ESSAY SUR L'HISTOIRE GENERALE ET SUR LES MOEURS et L'ESPRIT DES NATIONS, DEPUIS CHARLEMAGNE JUSQU'A NOS JOURS. 8 VOLUMES
- Author
- Voltaire, (Francois Marie Arouet De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Les Freres Cramer
- Place of Publication
- (Geneva)
- Date Published
- 1758
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- FRENCH HISTORY, PHILOSPHERS. 18TH CENTURY LIT. French
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- History; Philosophy;
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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