2011 · London
by Voltaire
London: The Folio Society, 2011. Limited Edition. Quarto. 1000 copies were produced for members only. The present copy is number 396 and signed by the illustrator Quentin Blake. Color frontispiece, and 17 other full page color plates, 204(1)pp. translated by Tobias Smollett, Introduction by Julian Barns. First published in France in 1759. Tobias Smollett's translation formed part of his thrty-five bolume edition of th works of Voltaire which ws published between 1761 and 1765. A fine copy bound in full maroon Nigerian goatskin lettered in gilt, spine gilt and top edge gilt, hused within publisher's gilt lettered slipcase.
(Inventory #: 023376)