VOLTAIRE. [Works of Mr. de Voltaire]. S.l.s.n., 1775. - 40 volumes in-8, tortoiseshell calf, triple gilt fillet framed on the covers, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Rubbing on the bindings, damaged caps and corners, several jaws restored, tears in some endpapers, the first one of volume 37 is detached, white endpapers of volume 38 later. Tear reaching the frame at page A4 of the first volume, the table at the end of the third volume and the last pages of volume 38 are missing, scattered freckles, corners of pages T3 to T6 burnt with damage to the text in volume 15, worm galleries in the lower margin of volume 29. Volume 38 comes from another copy with a slightly differently decorated binding.