With Voltaire’s Notes and 34 Engraved Plates after Gravelot
Théatre…avec des Commentaires et autres Morceaux Intéressans.
[Geneva: Les Frères Cramer, 1765].
Price: $1,500.00
About the item
Second edition with these illustrations. Engraved frontispiece by Watelet after Pierre, and 34 engraved plates after drawings by Gravelot. 12 vols. 8vo. With Voltaire’s Notes and 34 Engraved Plates after Gravelot. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, leather labels. Joints rubbed and starting (though all are soundly attached), spine tips rough, labels of two volumes chipped. Cohen-de-Ricci 255.
Item #10851
An edition famous not only for its illustrations, but also for the fact that its was Voltaire was persuaded the Cramers to publish it for the benefit of a descendant of Corneille whom he was caring for -- and it was he who provided the commentary.
