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VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de. Elémens de la Philosophie de Neuton, mis à la portée de tout le monde, Amsterdam: chez Jacques Desbordes, 1738, 8°, FIRST EDITION, version with Desbord imprint, title in red and black with vignette, engraved portraits of Newton and Voltaire, head- and tailpieces by Jacob Folkema, woodcut and engraved illustrations and diagrams, 7 engraved plates including folding table (portrait of Voltaire slightly ink-stained, P4-5 spotted, vignette on Z4 affected by black mark, C1 and final leaf a little browned), contemporary calf, spine gilt (upper joints split, gilt library stamp on cover and label in one spine compartment). [Babson 120; Honeyman 3079; Norman 2165; Wallis 155] Provenance: JCL