Voltaire | Romans et contes, Bouillon, 1778, 3 volumes, contemporary marbled calf

François Marie Arouet de Voltaire

Romans et contes... tome premier (-troisieme). Bouillon: la Société typographique, 1778

3 volumes, 8vo (203 x 123mm.), half-titles, 3 engraved frontispieces, engraved vignettes on title-pages, engraved headpieces, 16+19+20 engraved plates, contemporary marbled calf, spines gilt in compartments, gilt edges, bindings somewhat rubbed, spines chipped

An unauthorised edition of Voltaire's works, including Candide, from the press set up in the duchy of Bouillon (right on the French border) to produce works that could not be printed in France due to censorship; see lot 170 for another possible Bouillon imprint.

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