Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit and his criticism of Christianity (especially of the Roman Catholic Church) and of slavery, Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and even scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance and religious dogma, as well as the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and ''magnum opus'', ''Candide'', is a novella that comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers and philosophies of his time, most notably Gottfried Leibniz and his belief that our world is of necessity the "best of all possible worlds". Provided by Wikipedia
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by Voltaire
Published 1734
Published 1734
printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row ; R. Ware at the Bible in Amen-Corner ; J. Osborn at the Golden-Ball in Pater-Noster-Row ; J. Clarke at the Golden-Ball in Duck-Lane, and J. Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge
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by Voltaire
Published 1739
Published 1739
printed for C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion in Pater-Noster-Row ; R. Ware at the Bible in Amen-Corner ; J. Osborn at the Golden-Ball in Pater-Noster-Row ; J. Clarke at the Golden-Ball in Duck-Lane, and J. Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge
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by Voltaire
Published 1750
Published 1750
printed by William Mitchell and James Knox, and sold at their Shop opposite to Gibson-Lana Salt-Market
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by Voltaire
Published 1759
Published 1759
printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand
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by Voltaire
Published 1791
Published 1791
Printed for the proprietors, under the direction of John Bell, British Library, Strand, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
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by Voltaire
Published 1780
Published 1780
Printed by H. Whitworth, No. 3, Playhouse-Yard, Black-Friars, where letter-press and copper-plate printing are carried on with the utmost dispatch or the most reasonable terms