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77 2828 Voltaire F M A de

77/2828 Voltaire, F.M.A. de. Romans et contes. Bouillon, Société Typographique, 1778, 3 vols., VI,304; VIII,320; (4),236p., engr. frontisp. portrait by L.J. CATHELIN after M. DE LA TOUR, title-vignettes, 57 plates i.a. by DAMBRUN after i.a. C. MONNET, J.M. MOREAU, F.N. MARTINET and C.P. MARILLIER, vignettes by C. MONNET, contemp. unif. mottled calf, both covers w. decorative gilt border, spines richly gilt w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, a.e.g.

= Bengesco 1522; Ray p.71f: "This book belongs to Monnet, for most of its fifty-seven plates and all of its thirteen allegorical head-pieces are from his hand. (...) His designs for Candide are the best contemporary illustrations for this masterpiece. If he gives the novel a sensual emphasis which goes beyond Voltaire's text, it is to capitalize on his special talent (...)".

Idem. La Henriade. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, Saillant etc., 1770, new ed., 2 parts in 1 vol., XL,272; 316,(4)p., engr. frontisp., engr. title-p., 10 plates and 10 ills. by DE LONGUEIL after CH. EISEN, bound unif. w. the preceding.

= Bengesco 384; Ray p30.

Idem. Théatre complet. Geneva, n.publ., 1776, 9 vols., engr. frontisp. portrait, 36 plates, bound unif. w. the preceding.

- Occas. sl. foxed/ yellowed. = This edition not in Bengesco.

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