[Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 2 vol.

[Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de)] Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 2 vol., first edition, early issue with errata for vol.1 only, half-title, titles with woodcut typographic ornament, woodcut typographic head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. for vol.1 at end of vol.1, some staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with black and burgundy leather labels, corners worn, rubbed, [Bengesco I, 1178], 12mo, Berlin, C. F. Henning, 1751. *** A solid set of an early issue of the scarce first edition of Voltaire's attempt 'de peindre à la postérité, non les actions d'un seul homme, mais l'esprit des hommes dans le siècle le plus éclairé qui fut jamais'. An errata covering both vol. was printed later. Provenance: 'R Leycester' (ink inscription to front pastedown); Toft Hall (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); 'Norburg, Eton Coll' (ink inscription to head of titles).

Estimate:£350

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