Collection Complette des Oeuvres [17 volumes, premier edition, 1756]

Geneva: Cramer, 1756. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Geneva: Cramer (no place, no publisher), 1756. 1st ed. 17 volumes, woodcut vignettes on titles, woodcut ills., contemp. calf with leather labels. This is a 17 volume set. This set is missing volume two. Some hinges cracked but sound. Rear board of Volume 1 is detached but present. Crack in spine to volume 7. All labels and spines are intact. From the manor house library of George Simon Harcourt Viscount Nuneham, with armorial bookplate. Another contemporary gift inscription to "M. A. Earl of Abingdon from ?". Volumes 11-17 are stamped with a J for the 1, so reading J1, J2 etc. Premiere Edition des oeuvres en 17 volumes edited by Francois Marie Arouet. The volumes are as follows: Tome I: "La Henriade...", XXVI + (1) + 334 p. + 1 feuille (table) ; Tome II: missing; Tome III: "Melanges de Philosophie"...III-LXXVIII + 328 p.; Tome IV: "Melanges de Litterature..." 400 p.; Tome V: "Second Suite des Malanges..." 351 p. (verso blanc); Tome VI: "Histoire de Charles XII"... XXXIV + 396 p.; Tome VII: "Ouvrages Dramatiques..." 446 p.; Tome VIII:"Ouvrages Dramatiques... Tome Second" 403 p. (verso blanc); Tome IX: "Ouvrages Dramatiques...Tome Trosieme" 403 p. (verso blanc); Tome X: "Ouvrages Dramatiques ...Tome Quatrieme" XV + (1) + 440 p.; Tome X: second partie: [bibliography calls for 399 p + 1 f. (errata)] This copy has 471 p.; Ouvrages Dramatic ....Tome Cinquieme"; Tome XI: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale et sur Les Moerus et L'Esprit des Nations...Tome Premier" 399 p (errata); Tome XII: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale....Tome Second" 380 p (errata); Tome XIII: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale....Tome Trosieme" 391 p. (verso blanc) + 1 f. (Errata); Tome XIV: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale... Tome Quartrieme" 328 p. + 1 f. (errata); Tome XV: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale....Tome Cinquieme" 335 p. (verso blanc); Tome XVI: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale...Tome Seizieme 308 p. (errata last page); Tome XVII: "Essay sur L'Histoire Generale....Tome Septieme" 320 p..Commenting on the set, one of the great bibliographers offers the following summary: its bibliographical problems will probably never be fully resolved. It is difficult to find two absolutely identical sets---Besterman; B. 2133. Another note from auction records "FIRST COLLECTED GENEVA EDITION, sold not subject to return due to the difficulty of collation". Hence we will not attempt it, and price accordingly. As we have done. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Due to the size/weight of this collection extra charges to apply for international shipping.