Item Description: | A reissue, with cancel titlepage; it was originally intended to be part of a 20-vol. set of Voltaire's works; only two volumes were issued before financial difficulties arose to put paid to the scheme. - English Short Title Catalog, N17855. - For the grand 20-vol. scheme see t230355. - Half-title: 'The works of M. de Voltaire. Volume the second.'. - In two parts with continuous pagination; part 2 begins on p.[189]. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - With a final 'Advertisement' leaf |