Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire. Volume 12. Poems et Discours en Vers.
by Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
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- Hardcover
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- Good plus, moderate wear to covers, spine decorations faded, spine heel chipped, joints splitting but boards still attached, con
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De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique., 1785. Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, gilt spine decorations, marbled edges, marbled endpapers.. Good plus, moderate wear to covers, spine decorations faded, spine heel chipped, joints splitting but boards still attached, contents clean and tight.. 8vo., 20.8x12.3 cm.. French text. Volume 12 only. weight: 1.2 lb.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355897
- Title
- Oeuvres Completes De Voltaire. Volume 12. Poems et Discours en Vers.
- Author
- Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus, moderate wear to covers, spine decorations faded, spine heel chipped, joints splitting but boards still attached, con
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, gilt spine decorations,
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- De l'imprimerie de la Societe Litteraire-Typographique.
- Date Published
- 1785
- Pages
- 415 pp.
- Size
- 8vo., 20.8x12.3 cm.
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Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
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