[Literature] Set of 3 volumes: - BRUNELLESCHI] VOLTAIRE. L' Ingénu. Histoire véritable tirée des manuscrits du Père Quesnel. Paris, 1948, paperback. Illustrated with 16 hors-texte in color and 46 drawings in black by Brunelleschi, one of only 3,000 Rives vellum copies. - VALERY. Voltaire, Discours prononcé le 10 décembre 1944 en Sorbonne. Paris, 1945, in-4 paperback, 1st volume in the "Au Voilier" collection, one of 900 numbered copies on white vellum. - VOLTAIRE, Candide ou l'Optimisme. Paris, 1925, bound in half-chagrin with corners, gilt head, cover and spine preserved, binding by Baillot. Illustrated with 10 engravings by Moreau Le Jeune. Expert : Cabinet Valleriaux [email protected] Please ask for the condition reports before the sale: they are not included in the sheets.

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