| Item Description: | A reissue, with some new matter, and in a different arrangement of the 5 vols. 1779-80 edition: sigs. 2E-3L4 of vol. 1 are reissued from the earlier vol. 5, with sigs. B-2D new, and with the titlepage, preface and divisional title of the 1779 vol. 1; sigs. D-3E4 of vol. 2 are reissued from the earlier vol. 1, with sigs. A-C reset; vol. 3 is a reissue of the earlier vol. 2; vol. 4 is a reissue of the earlier vol. 3; vol. 5 is a reissue of the earlier vol. 4, with a new index to all five volumes; the titlepages to vols. 1, 3-5 are cancels. - Braces in imprint. - English Short Title Catalog, T137893. - In fact a selection of Voltaire's works; separate volumes comprising the remaining works were published in 1779-81 to accompany the first edition of the 5 vols. set, 1779-80. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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