L’Ingenu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.
by Voltaire. [Arouet, Francois-Marie]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie d'Amateurs, n.d. The Libraire d'Amateurs edition of Voltaire's satirical novella. Quarto, bound in three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, ribbon bound in, top edge gilt, with 46 monochrome plates by Umberto Brunelleschi. In fine condition. Housed in a custom marbled slipcase. One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment, Francois-Marie Arouet, know by the nom de plum Voltaire, was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays, poems, novels, theoretical essays, and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties, he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France, often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137212
- Title
- L’Ingenu: Histoire Veritable Tiree Des Manuscrits Du Pere Quesnel 1767.
- Author
- Voltaire. [Arouet, Francois-Marie]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie d'Amateurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- n.d
- Keywords
- L'Ingenu First Edition, Voltaire First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Marbled boards
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...