VOLTAIRE, (pseud. AROUET, François-Marie).
The Age of Louis XV. Being the sequel of the age of Louis XIV. Translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. With a supplement, comprising an account of all the public and private affairs of France, from the Peace of Versailles, 1763, to the death of Louis XV. May 10th, 1774.
London, Printed for G. Kearsly, at No. 46, in Fleet-street, 1774.
With an interesting manuscript poem to the front free endpaper warding-off theft from the owner Edward Dyke (1815):
'Did you borrow this Book say
Did you filch this Book away
Do you know the accusers name
Pray return it then for shame;
Aye you have forgot, then know
My name is neither Tom nor Jon
Neither is it Jack nor Mike
But most call me Edw[ard] Dyke'
2 vols in 1; 8vo (18 x 11 cm); half-titles and divisional title present, ad. f. at end of vol. I, dated ownership inscription and MS poem in pen to front endpaper, pen notes to final few ff and rear free endpapers; contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked in the 19th-century, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece to spine, joints and extremities a little rubbed, very good;[2], vi, 222, [1]ad., [2], vi, 300pp.
ESTC T138091.
Stock code 122576
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