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VOLTAIRE, Francois Marie Arouet de. Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. Par Mr. de V***. Basle: Christophe Revis, 1781. 2 parts in one volume, 12° (163 x 97mm.). (A4 of part I torn with loss). Contemporary speckled calf (spine chipped at head and foot). Provenance : Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753, bookplate); Histoire de l'empire de Russie sous Pierre le Grand. 1759-63. 2 volumes, 8° (185 x 115mm.). First title in red and black, engraved frontispiece to vol.I and two folding maps (hand-coloured in outline but torn and repaired), woodcut decorations and one illustration. Later green straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e (spines a little discoloured); L'Ingénu, histoire veritable, tirée de manuscrits du Père Quesnel. Geneva: 1767. Bound with: La Défense de mon oncle. 1767. 2 works in one volume, 8° (208 x 126mm.). (Some light browning.) Contemporary calf (extremities rubbed, joints split); La Princesse de Babilone. Geneva: 1768. (Some light browning.) Contemporary speckled calf (joints weak); Romans et Contes. Bouillon: 1788. 3 volumes, 8° (211 x 127mm.). Engraved title vignettes, headpieces and plates. Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e.; With 4 others by Voltaire. (12)