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[FINE BINDINGS] VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET DE oeuvres complete de voltaire

[Kehl]: de l'imprimerie de la Société littéraire-typographique, 1785-1789. In seventy volumes. 8vo. With 3 engraved portraits, including the frontispiece portrait in the first volume, 15 engraved plates, including the battle plan in the 24th volume, and the 14 plates at the rear of the 31st volume (relating to Isaac Newton). With all half-titles and part-titles. Contemporary full marbled calf, gilt-medallion spine compartments, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Joints and extremities rubbed, some spine ends rubbed, a few joints showing small separations, all spine bands intact, and overall a sound attractive set of bindings with all joints holding strongly. Scattered light foxing to text, darkening to leaves at front and rear in about half the volumes. Ex-library with book-plates on front paste-downs, ink stamps on the versos of front free endpapers, call numbers in pencil on the title-page of each volume.

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