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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Letters Concerning the English Nation, first edition in

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NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Letters Concerning the English Nation, first edition in English, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut tail-pieces, light foxing, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed and scuffed, spine ends and label chipped, 8vo, for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733.

⁂ Regarded as an important early philosophical work and published prior to the French edition, which was published in 1734 but condemned and burnt forcing Voltaire to flee France a second time.

Provenance: Frederick York Powell (1850-1904, historian and scholar; his ink ownership inscription).

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Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Letters Concerning the English Nation, first edition in

Name: Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Letters Concerning the English Nation, first edition in
SKU: 134937227
Price: 1400 GBP
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