VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet, dit

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VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet, dit
Questions on the encyclopedia, by amateurs. [Geneva, Cramer,] 1770-1772. 9 volumes in-8 (198 x 114 mm) of 2 f.n.e., 377 pp. for volume I; 1 f.n.e., 390 pp. 1 f.n.e. (errata) for volume II; 1 f.n.e., 365 pp. (errata) for volume II; 1 f.n.c., 365 pp., 1 copperplate and one full-page illustration (p. 355) for volume III; 1 f.n.c., 382 pp. for volume IV; 1 f.n.c., 379 pp. for volume V ; 1 f.n.c., 351 pp. for volume VI ; 1 f.n.c., 364 pp. for volume VII ; 1 f.n.c., 371 pp. for volume VIII ; 1 f.n.c., 378 pp. for volume IX. Fawn basane, decorative gilt border, spine with ornamented nerves, blue edges (period binding). Bengesco, 1408. Original edition composed of a large number of articles borrowed from the Dictionnaire philosophique, ou la Raison par alphabet and other pieces written in prose or verse. Bengesco gives an erroneous pagination for volumes 6 and 9 (see copy digitized on Gallica). Copy without the errata leaves announced by Bengesco for volumes 6 to 9 (the copy quoted in the BnF note does not have the errata for volumes 7 to 9 either). Missing 2 title-pieces and one tomato-piece.
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