Life of Voltaire: Historical Memoirs of the Author of Henriade

VOLTAIRE (AROUET, François-Marie).

The Works of Voltaire.

Finely Bound example of the works of Voltaire's Histoire de Charles XII, King of Sweden

London: T. Smollett, 1740.

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Finely bound collection of the works of one of the greatest minds of the French Enlightenment. Translated from the French with historical and critical notes. Small octavo, original full period calf, raised bands, gilt tooling to the spine, double gilt ruled to the front and rear panel. Frontispiece engraving of Charles the 12th killed at Frederick's Hall. In very good condition. A nice example.

One of the most influential thinkers of the French Enlightenment, François-Marie Arouet, know by the nom de plum Voltaire, was a resourceful and prolific writer. His works touched nearly every literary form including plays, poems, novels, theoretical essays, and scientific treatises. A forthright and candid advocate of civil liberties, he frequently criticized the institutions of religious dogma and classism prevalent in 18th century France, often doing so through satire to avoid censorship and imprisonment.