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VOLTAIRE.
Abridged Universal History, from Charlemagne to Charles V. London [Paris], Jean Nourse, 1753. 2 vols. in-12. Contemporary marbled havana calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, smooth spine with ornamented faux-nerves, red morocco title-piece, olive morocco tome-piece.
Counterfeit printed in Paris the year of the original.
This draft of the Essai sur l'Histoire générale et sur les Mœurs et l'Esprit des nations, offered to the king of Prussia, appeared without Voltaire's authorization.
>Copy with the arms of Louise-Anne de Bourbon-Condé, third daughter of Louis III, prince of Condé (1695-1758).
O.H.R. pl. 2630.
Wear to the headpieces, spines and corners, false title leaf of vol. 2 missing.
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