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Beschreibung:

8°, circa 15,4 x 10 cm., 259 pp., 2 ff.; 130 pp.. Later cardboard with blue decorated paper Bengesco 1443 (with the second part). Rare and early edition of Voltaire s famous satire that was first published in 1759. The sequel that is certainly not by Voltaire came out first in 1761 and has been attributed to Thorel de Campigneulles or more likely to the abbé Dulaurens. 1761 is also the year in which Voltaire made some additions to his original text which can be found in our edition, particularly in the chapter 22 (ce qui leur arriva en France). Although the second part has never seriously been considered as a work of Voltaire it has been reprinted more than a dozen times later on.

Bemerkung:

- Minor browning, very little staining but mostly clean, completely uncut and altogether nice.