Voltaire, The Age of Lewis XIV, Vol. I & II London: printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-mall. 1752. Two volumes, octavo, engraved frontispieces in each volume. Full-Leather. Volume I is apprx 436 pp. Volume II is apprx 292 pp. plus 90 pages Children of Louis XIV, plus a further 20 page index. There are five raised bands on the spine plus an inserted red title label. Gold tooling on spine. Measures apprx 8" H x 5" W.
First edition in English of Voltaire's great work of history, The Age of Lewis XIV which he had begun twenty years previously and had only been first published in 1751.
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