Lot no. 162
[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet, dit]. - Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède, par M. de V***, avec des Anecdotes sur le czar Pierre premier et plusieurs pièces relatives à l'Histoire de Charles XII - A Genève (Rouen), chez les frères Cramer, 1760 - In-12 de 1 front, (2) ff., 535 pp. ; marbled havana calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, combed edges (contemporary binding). Rouen edition decorated with an engraved frontispiece, printed on paper from the Generalitat of Rouen, based on the Cramer edition. One finds at the head: "Pirronisme" [sic] de l'histoire", and "Discours sur l'Histoire de Charles XII", and, at the end: "Anecdotes sur le czar Pierre-le-Grand", and "Pièces relatives à l'Histoire de Charles XII, roi de Suède". A good copy, with a defect at the upper spine; armorial bookplate of Baron de Caher bearing the motto "God be my guide". (Bengesco, 1273).
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