Fragments sur l'Inde, sur le général Lalli, et sur le comte de Monrangiés. In-8°: viii-184 pp. (rare spotting on margins, small amount of damp or staining on margins). - First edition of this work on India with a particular interest in the actions of General Lally whose siege of Pondicherry in 1760 and his loss to the English led to his execution. Voltaire's intention with this book was to rehabilitate Lally's memory. Followed by "Précis du procès de Mr. le comte de Morangies, contre la famille Verron". Voltaire's defences contributed to the rehabilitation - posthumously for Lally - of each of them. - Ref. Bengesco 1828. - Voltaire's printed work at the BN 4311. - Barbier II:494.