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Contents :
Volume I:
- The Henriade
- Dissertation on the death of Henri IV
- Essay on Epic Poetry
Volume III:
- Alzire, Tragedy
- The Prodigal Son, Comedy
- Fanaticism or Muhammad the Prophet, Targédie
- Merope, Tragedy
Volume V:
- Saved Rome, Tragedy
- The Orphan of China, Tragedy
- Samson, Opera
- Pandora, Opera
- The Prude, Comedy -
Voltaire - Works Of M. De Voltaire - 1757 - Volumes I, III and V
Good condition of the bindings, works in their period full brown leather, good condition of the covers and spines, rubbing from use, rubbed corners, some damaged caps, small lack of material on the back of volume five, decorated spine, red edges , golden titles and volume numbers -
Good interior condition, pretty bands, beautiful initials, end pieces, book enriched with superb intaglio figures out of text, marbled flyleaves -
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