VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de. Le Micromegas de Mr. de Voltaire, Avec une histoire des
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VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de (1694-1778). Le Micromegas de Mr. de Voltaire, Avec une histoire des Croisades... London: J. Robinson and W. Meyer, 1752.
12mo (152 x 85 mm). Ornamental woodcut devices on title and several leaves. Contemporary calf-backed vellum-tipped boards (upper cover detaching, soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Miss Mussendens (early signature on first text leaf); Lilian Fitzmaurice & Madeleine Blanche (bookplate).
Presumed pirated edition. Three editions of Le Micromegas were published almost simultaneously in 1752, and the priority of those editions has long been in dispute, with the undated edition with an engraved title-page generally considered to be the first edition. The present edition was likely printed in Germany or Paris. Voltaire's work, inspired by Swift's Gulliver's Travels and considered to be an early work of science fiction, focuses on an inhabitant of the planet Sirius and his travels throughout the planetary system. ESTC T137641; Teerink 1254.
12mo (152 x 85 mm). Ornamental woodcut devices on title and several leaves. Contemporary calf-backed vellum-tipped boards (upper cover detaching, soiled and rubbed). Provenance: Miss Mussendens (early signature on first text leaf); Lilian Fitzmaurice & Madeleine Blanche (bookplate).
Presumed pirated edition. Three editions of Le Micromegas were published almost simultaneously in 1752, and the priority of those editions has long been in dispute, with the undated edition with an engraved title-page generally considered to be the first edition. The present edition was likely printed in Germany or Paris. Voltaire's work, inspired by Swift's Gulliver's Travels and considered to be an early work of science fiction, focuses on an inhabitant of the planet Sirius and his travels throughout the planetary system. ESTC T137641; Teerink 1254.
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