Lot no. 52
VOLTAIRE: Complete works. S.l. [Kehl], Société littéraire et typographique, 1785-1789. 70 volumes in-8, marbled calf, triple gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (Binding of the period). The famous Kehl edition, probably the finest ever published of Voltaire's complete works, printed by Beaumarchais using Baskerville type. Most of Voltaire's correspondence is published here for the first time. Magnificently illustrated by Moreau le jeune, with a portrait-frontispiece by Largillière, an engraved dedication and more than 100 figures and portraits out of text, as well as 14 scientific plates and a page of engraved music. A very fine copy on laid paper, well bound in the period. Bengesco, n°2142 - Voltaire à la BN, n°167 - Cohen, 1042.
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