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De Baecque et Associés

1070 - [VOLTAIRE]. THE CENTURY OF LOUIS XIV, published by M. de Francheville, court counselor to His Majesty and member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and Literature.

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€200 - 250

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30%

[VOLTAIRE]. THE CENTURY OF LOUIS XIV, published by M. de Francheville, court counselor to His Majesty and member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and Literature. Berlin, C. H. Henning, the King’s Printer, 1752. 2 in-12 volumes of [4]-488 and [12]-466 pages, fawn sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine, red edges (contemporary binding). Second edition, but the first to reproduce, page by page, the original edition published the previous year, preserving its spelling. Bindings are worn. Included: - MEMOIRS OF M. DE LA PORTE, First Chamberlain to Louis XIV. Geneva, n.p., 1756. Small 12mo, 18–324 pages, marbled calfskin of the period. A fine copy. SET OF 3 VOLUMES.

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 290,000 lots published

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