Oeuvres completes de M. de Voltaire.
Voltaire (1694-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1791 - 1792
Materials
Place of origin
Aux Deux-Ponts
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3033828
Summary
Bibliographic description
100v. ; 12mo. Imperfect: missing v.13. Provenance: Armorial book label of William Stewart of Killymoon [i.e. probably William Stewart MP (1710-1797)] (all vols.) underneath which is written "Bought at auction October 1851" [i.e. the Killymoon auction] (v.1). Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; gilt roll to form a boarder; gilt duke's coronet with "EH" beneath on front board; gilt edge rolled; yellow edges. Spine with recessed cords; gilt rolled to form six compartments, three tooled, red title label "Voltaire", black volume title (Theatre, Poemes, Epitres etc.), and volume number.
Makers and roles
Voltaire (1694-1778), author