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.

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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