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THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING
THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING

THE LIFE OF VOLTAIRE, TRANSLATED BY G. P. MONKE 1787 LEATHER BINDING

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[DUVERNET, ABBÉ (THÉOPHILE IMARIGEON), 1734-1796; MONKE, George Paris (trans.)]. The Life of Voltaire; With Notes Illustrative and Explanatory. Translated from the French, by G.P. Monke, Lieutenant in the Navy. London: Printed for T. Becket, in Pall-Mall, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and their Royal Highnesses the Princes. M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787].

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (22 x 13 x 3 cm); pp. x, 375. English text, translated from the French by George Paris Monke. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf; red morocco lettering-piece; initial and terminal blanks present; section of notes to rear. Condition: Lacking leaf H5 (perhaps censorship) but otherwise complete. Binding tight and secure, with some light rubbing to the extremities. Interior very well-preserved and without previous ownership markings. Scarce.

Notes: First edition of George Monke's rare English translation of La Vie de Voltaire by Théophile Imarigeon Duvernet, first published in French in 1786.

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