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Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (L. Leouzon Le Duc, Editor)

Le Sottisier de Voltaire, publie pour la premiere fois d'apres une copie authentique faite sur le manuscrit autographe conserve au Musee de l'Ermitage a Saint-Petersbourg

Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust, 1880,

975.00 €

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Author
Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (L. Leouzon Le Duc, Editor)
Publishers
Paris: Librairie des Bibliophiles / D. Jouaust, 1880
Keyword
coleantiq voltaire philosophy enlightenment illustration, lumieres philosophie
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

FIRST EDITION of one of Voltaire's most unusual works, with a lot of explicit erotic verse. A SPECIAL LARGE-PAPER COPY ON CHINESE PAPER, PRINTED FOR JOUAUST, THE PUBLISHER. 2 leaves; XL, 151 pp. plus frontispiece etched portrait of Voltaire, also on Chinese paper. 8vo. Bound in contemporary cloth with leather spine label, surely for Jouaust (whose engraved bookplate is on the front pastedown). Entirely uncut and unopened. Leather spine label worn, else fine and bright. Bengesco 1891 (vol. II, p. 363).
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