VOLTAIRE. Le Siècle de Louis XIV, published by M. de Franche - Lot 166

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VOLTAIRE. Le Siècle de Louis XIV, published by M. de Franche - Lot 166
VOLTAIRE. Le Siècle de Louis XIV, published by M. de Francheville. Berlin, C.F. Henning, 1751. 2 volumes in-12, brown calf, ornate spine, fawn parts (German binding of the period). First edition. In French historiography, Louis XIV remains an unloved king, and Voltaire, through the authority of his work, established the prestige of the Grand Siècle (En français dans le texte, n°154). Spine cracked, one headband frayed.
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