Ouvres de Voltaire

Title : Ouvres de Voltaire
Author : François-Marie Arouet – Voltaire
Date : 1792,1802
Dimensions : 20,5 x 13,0 cm

There are 51 volumes, out of the total 55. The missing volumes are 15, 41, 42, and 43.
The covers and spine are brown leather, embossed with beautiful ornaments and showing the worn at the edges.
Some pages have big stains, but most of the volumes are in very good condition

The volumes 1- 44 show the 1792 date, and the 45-55 ones are 1802, but they have the same covers and spines, no difference.

The works presented are :

1792
La Henriade
Theatre
La Pucelle
Melanges de Poesies
Romans
Essai sur les Moeurs et l’Espirit des Nations
Siecle de Louis XIV
Precis du Siecle de Louis XV
Histoire du Parlament de Paris
Histoire de Charles XII, Roi de Suede
Histoire de l’Empire de Russie, sous Pierre-le-Grand
Annale de l’Empire, depuis Charlemagne
Doutes sur l’Histoire, Fragmens Historique
Melanges de Litterature, d’Histoire et de Philosophie
Elemens de la Philosophie de Newton, et Differens autre Ouvrages de Phisique
Philosophie Generale, Metaphisique, Morale
Politique, Legislation, Affaires Celebres
Dialogues et Entretiens Philosophiques
Faceties
Questions sur l’Encyclopedie

1802
Panegyriques, Sermons, Homelies, Instructions Morales
Theologie, Historie Ecclesiastique
Lettres Choisies. Correspondance Generale
Lettres Choisies. Correspondance avec d’Alembert
Lettres Choisies du Roi de Prusse et de M. de Voltaire
Lettres de l’Imperatrice de Russie et de M. de Voltaire
Correspondance du Cardinal de Bernis et de M. de Voltaire

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Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers

Title : Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers
Author : D. Diderot, M. D’Alembert
Date : 1777 – 1778
Dimensions : 26,0 x 21,0 cm

This is the Geneva Quarto Edition of the Diderot d’Alembert encyclopedia, with all 36 text volumes in beautiful leather spines, embossed in 3 parts, and orange and brown cardboard. Some volumes are slightly rubbed but the overall condition is very good. One book has the orange spine label torn.

The encyclopedia is not only well known for its many authors – among which Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu, but for its controversial history.

Some restorations are done over 10 of the affected volumes.

The two plates of the authors were made by Charles-Nicholas Cochin (1715-1790).

Two volumes – - missing the both title pages

This is a very important and rare edition. On international shops it is selling with over 18 000 euro. The first edition of this encyclopedia can be found at over 80 000 euro.
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Tome seizieme –missing the second title page
Tome vingtieme – the two title pages are switched.

Tome XXIV – has a missing ending. The volume is ending with PAU, the next volume is starting with PLA.

Tome trentieme – the last leaf has missing text as displayed in the picture.
Tome XXXV – has a corroded lower corner over several pages, but the text is not affected.

Tome trente-sixieme – last volume, has a major stain over the first few pages.

More about the authors on wikipedia

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Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere par M. le Comte de Buffon, Intendant du Jardin du Roi, de L’Academie Francoise et de Celle des Science

Title : Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere par M. le Comte de Buffon, Intendant du Jardin du Roi, de L’Academie Francoise et de Celle des Science
Author : Buffon
Date : 1785 – 1786
Dimensions : 17,0 x 10,5 cm

There are 12 out of 13 volumes, in leather covers and spine

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Ouvres Completes

Title : Ouvres Completes
Author : François-Marie Arouet – Voltaire
Date : 1775
Dimensions : 20,4 x 12,2 cm

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La Vera Chiesa di Cristo Dimonstrata da’ Segni e da’ Dogmi

Title : La Vera Chiesa di Cristo Dimonstrata da’ Segni e da’ Dogmi
Author : Fr. Vicenzo Ludovico Gotti
Date : 1719
Dimensions : 24,5 x 17,9 x 5,9 cm

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Collegii Salmanticensis FF Discalceatorum B Mariae de Monte Carmeli Primitivae Obfervantiae, Cursus Theologiae Moralis

Title : Collegii Salmanticensis FF Discalceatorum B Mariae de Monte Carmeli Primitivae Obfervantiae, Cursus Theologiae Moralis

Author : R. P. F. Franciscum a Matre Dei

Date : 1714

Dimensions : 34,8 x 23,0 x 3,2 cm

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