VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Romans et contes Bouillon: la Société Typographique, 1778. Four parts in 3 volumes, 8° (207 x 124mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces after Monnet and de la Tour, 55 engraved plates, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout. Scarlet morocco by Chambolle-Duru, later gilt supralibros, spines richly gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins and edges, silk ribbon markers. Provenance: purchased from Ch. Bosse, 1926.

VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Romans et contes Bouillon: la Société Typographique, 1778. Four parts in 3 volumes, 8° (207 x 124mm). Half-titles, engraved frontispieces after Monnet and de la Tour, 55 engraved plates, engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout. Scarlet morocco by Chambolle-Duru, later gilt supralibros, spines richly gilt in compartments, gilt turn-ins and edges, silk ribbon markers. Provenance: purchased from Ch. Bosse, 1926.

FIRST EDITION of this attractive collection with the engraved plates in the state before numbers. A particularly handsome set, with the plate facing p.122 (dated 1777) depicting the flight from the monkeys in Candide in the 'découverte' state, showing the two young women naked. Brunet V, 17235; Cohen-de Ricci 1038-1039.
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