Lot 238
  • 238

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • Voltaire, François Marie Arouet dit
  • Essay sur l'histoire générale et sur les moeurs et l'esprit des nations, depuis Charlemagne jusqu'à nos jours. [Genève, Cramer], 1761-1763.
  • paper
8 volumes in-8 (193 x 114 mm). Maroquin rouge, triple filet en encadrement avec fleurons d'angle, dos lisses à compartiments ornés de fleurons, pièces vertes, roulette intérieure, doublures et gardes de moire verte, tranches dorées (Reliure de l'époque).
Papier jauni, légères rousseurs, éraflure sur le premier plat du t. VII.

Belle réédition de cet Essai sur les moeurs, qui fut une des pièces maîtresses de la philosophie des Lumières (Bengesco 1164).



Provenance : comte René de Galard de Béarn (ex-libris).

Condition

Papier jauni, légères rousseurs, éraflure sur le premier plat du t. VII.
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