Item #3698 Voltaire. John Morley.
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire
Voltaire

Voltaire

London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. An about Very Good or better copy of the first edition, first printing, bound in full green leather with the spine and both boards decoratively lined in gilt and the buttressed spine also decoratively lined, lettered, and dated in gilt. All three visible closed page block edges are in gilt as well. The leading board corners and spine corners are also rubbed and the joints show wear and signs of use. The front pastedown is graced with a small and elegant bookplate that, in part, reads "OTIUM SINE LITERIS MORS EST" [which means "leisure without literature is death"]. The volume contains forty-six (46) inserted plates with a tissue guard to most of them. There the half-title shows some staining and there also are scattered stains apparently caused by the presence of a plate and/or tissue guard, and several of the tissue-guards show a closed tear. An oddly-placed tissue guard is adhered to the rear free endpaper's verso and partially torn due to some person or persons attempt(s) to open it. Finally, the front free endpaper has a crease to the upper leading right portion and the second free endpaper bears a prior seller's pencil notes. In spite of the foregoing, the volume remains quite attractive and inviting. Very good +. Item #3698

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