VOLTAIRE (1694-1778). Memoires, "Londres", 1784, 8vo, FINELY BOUND in contemporary blue calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, the covers with central crowned initial "P" stamped in gilt. With another work by the same author in 2 vols. (3)

VOLTAIRE [i.e. François-Marie AROUET (1694-1778)].  Memoires ... Écrits par lui-même. "Londres: chez Robinson," 1784. 8vo (185 x 112mm). Wood-engraved ornament on title (some light mainly marginal staining, a few darker spots). FINELY BOUND in contemporary blue calf elaborately decorated in gilt and blind, the covers with central crowned initial "P" stamped in gilt, the spine with "H" in the top compartment and "W" at the foot, with shelf number, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed, one corner bumped). Provenance: pencil corrections [?by Enthony Eden] to printed dates on p.204. With the same author's La Pucelle d' Orléans, Poëme en Vingt-Un Chants ... Ornée de Figures Gravées par Ponce et sous sa Direction (Paris, "An VII" [i.e. 1799], 2 vols., large 8vo, engraved plates, [?]original publisher's pink paper boards, spine labels (rubbed), with old woodcut lottery stamps ("Se vend Chez Marrot Receveur de la Loterie-Nationale, à Rochefort") within garlands. (3)