Lot 163
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Oeuvres Completes, 70 vol, 1784.
Estimate: £800 - 1,200
Description
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Oeuvres Complètes, 70 vol, engraved frontispiece only, handsome 19th century pale calf, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments, some light rubbing, 8vo, [Kehl], L'imprimerie de la Société littérarire-typographique, 1784-89.
⁂ The celebrated Kehl edition printed by Beaumarchais at his own expense, he even set up a press in Kehl solely for the purpose.
Description
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Oeuvres Complètes, 70 vol, engraved frontispiece only, handsome 19th century pale calf, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments, some light rubbing, 8vo, [Kehl], L'imprimerie de la Société littérarire-typographique, 1784-89.
⁂ The celebrated Kehl edition printed by Beaumarchais at his own expense, he even set up a press in Kehl solely for the purpose.
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