V[OLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet] de (1694-1778). Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. Basel: Christopher Revis, 1731. 2 volumes in one, 12° (160 x 91mm). Engraved portrait of Charles XII. (Portrait rather offset on to title, a few light spots). Red morocco by Brant, gilt supralibros on sides, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges.

V[OLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet] de (1694-1778). Histoire de Charles XII. Roi de Suede. Basel: Christopher Revis, 1731. 2 volumes in one, 12° (160 x 91mm). Engraved portrait of Charles XII. (Portrait rather offset on to title, a few light spots). Red morocco by Brant, gilt supralibros on sides, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges.

[VOLTAIRE, F. M. A. de]. Le siecle de Louis XIV. Publié par M. de Francheville. Berlin: C.F. Henning, 1751. 2 volumes, 12° (149 x 83mm). Half-title in volume I. Blue morocco by Chambolle-Duru, gilt spines, gilt ornament on sides within a border à la Du Seuil, fine doublures of red morocco gilt, gilt edges. Provenance: bought from L. Giraud-Badin, 1925. FIRST EDITION. Brunet V, 1363-64: 'C'est là, nous le croyons, la première édition du Siècle de Louis XIV'. (3)