first edition , woodcut ornament to title and tail-pieces, as often bound without N7 & 8 at end, the first blank and the second the instructions to binder f., some light browning, the odd spot, [Barber 299G; Bengesco 1434; Morize 59a; PMM 204], [Geneva], [Gabriel Cramer], 1759 bound after Akenside (Mark) Les Plaisirs de l'Imagination, title trimmed at lower margin, occasional spotting, Amsterdam, Arkstée & Merkus, 1759, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, some creasing to spine, a few scratches, 12mo 'Voltaire's style and originality at their incomparable best' (PMM). A rare copy of the true first edition , with the following issue points: the title ornament of spray, fruit and flowers is repeated at pp. 193 and 266; p. 103, line 4, has the misprint 'que ce ce fut' (corrected to 'que ce fut' in later editions); p. 125, line 4, has 'précisément' (corrected to 'précipitamment' in later editions); with Voltaire's revisions on p. 31 eliminating an unnecessary paragraph break, and on p. 41 the rewritten several short sentences on the Lisbon earthquake. This first edition does not preserve the cancelled paragraph on p. 242 critical of German poets (beginning Êndide était affligé").