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[VOLTAIRE]. Histoire du Parlement de Paris Par Mr l'Abbé Big - Lot 71
[VOLTAIRE]. Histoire du Parlement de Paris Par Mr l'Abbé Big.... Amsterdam, s.n. (Marc-Michel Rey), 1769. 2 volumes in-8, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spines, gilt edges (period binding).
Bengesco, I-1247 / Lh., 611 / Quérard, I-530 /// I. (4f.)-VI-246 / II. (4f.)-245.
First edition, published under the pseudonym of Abbé Big... This work had such an impact that Voltaire, frightened of the possible consequences, disavowed it.
Ex-libris Jean Stern.
Spines faded and extensive old restorations.
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