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VOLTAIRE, FRANÇOIS-MARIE AROUET DE. Romans et Contes. Engraved portrait of Voltaire after Maurice Quentin de La Tour and 57 plates mostly after Charles Monnet. vi, 304; viii, 320; vi, 236, 102 pages, including half-titles. 3 volumes. 8vo, 209x127 mm, contemporary tree calf gilt, spines brittle and worn, the first and last chipped at top; marginal browning at beginning and end of each volume, scattered foxing, light offsetting from plates. Property of the descendants of Mary S. Collins. Bouillon: Aux Dépens de la Société Typographique, 1778
"In Voltaire's Romans et contes of 1778, his most attractive book, Monnet . . . demonstrated his mastery of erotic subjects"--Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 7. Bengesco 1522; Cohen-de Ricci 1038-39.
