Voltaire,

The famous French enlightenment thinker and writer. A champion of civil liberties and great wit. On his deathbed, Voltaire was offered the chance to renounce the devil. His alleged reply is pure Voltaire: 'Now is not the time to be making new enemies.' He had frequent troubles with the authorities and high ranking nobles. After falling out with the influential de Rohan family he was imprisoned in the Bastille. He successfully asked to be exiled to England which was accepted by the French authorities as a serious alternative punishment. He lived in Wandsworth and met everybody who was everybody.

1872 Lettres Choisies de Voltaire
Paris: 1872

A collection of letters of Voltaire, with details on the persons of note at the time, in the original French language.

£85.00

Stock Code: 860T65

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1865 Voltaire a Ferney: Sa Correspondance Avec la Duchesse de Saxe-Gotha
Paris: 1865

A scarce detailed account of Voltaire's correspondence and letters to Duchess Saxe-Gotha, in the original French.

£75.00

Stock Code: 860T52

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1768-77 Collection Complette des Oeuvres de Mr. de Voltaire
Geneve: 1768-77

The first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire, an original French set in a mottled calf binding complete with illustrations throughout.

£3,900.00

Stock Code: 792P19

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1756 The History of the War of 1741
Not Stated: 1756

An early English edition of Voltaire's history of the 1741 war, bound in smart contemporary leather.

£550.00

Stock Code: 775R67

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1820 La Henriade
London: 1820

A pocket sized edition of this epic poem. In the original French.

£45.00

Stock Code: FGN19-D12

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