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VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE. Letters concerning the English Nation. [16], 253, [19] pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, top of spine chipped, front joint cracked, cords intact, rear joint starting, front free endpaper loose; joints cracked, cords intact; light stain and soiling on title, contents otherwise generally crisp and clean. Signature of Edw. Owen dated 1733 on front pastedown. London: [William Bowyer for] C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733
first edition of Voltaire's collection of essays on English society, institutions, and intellectual life. The French text was first published the following year. Four of the letters deal with Sir Isaac Newton and his ideas; a variant of the anecdote about the falling apple that inspired his theory of gravity appears on page 127. Babson 242; Wallis 424.
