VOLTAIRE. complete works. [Kehl] : printing house of the Literary-Typographical Society, 1784-1789. - 70 volumes large in-8, 247 x 151. Rooted calf, gilt floral roulette on the boards, smooth spine decorated, gilt roulette inside, gilt edges (period binding). Bengesco, IV, p. 105, n° 2142. - Linda Gil, The Kehl Edition of Voltaire, 2018. Famous edition, known as the "Kehl" edition, published under the direction of Condorcet and Decroix, printed by Beaumarchais in the printing house he had specially installed at the fort of Kehl, with type engraved by Baskerville that he had recently acquired . Some pieces and part of the correspondence appear here for the first time. ONE OF THE RARE LARGE DELUXE COPIES IN-8, WITH LARGE MARGINS, ON ENGLISH VELLUM. The titles are dated 1785, except those of volumes 12, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 32, 35 and 37 which are dated 1784 and the seventieth published in 1789. It includes 125 plates, namely: - 17 portraits, namely: 1 of Frederic William prince of Prussia engraved by Dambrun after Moreau le Jeune (volume 1), 1 of Henri IV engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Tardieu after Frans Pourbus (volume 10), 1 of Charles VII engraved by Maviez (volume 11), 1 of Agnès Sorel engraved by Maviez after Moreau le Jeune, in second edition (the first one bears the name Sorelle) (volume 11), 1 of the count of Dunois engraved by Fossoyeux (volume 11), 1 of Joan of Arc engraved by Beisson (volume 11), 2 of Voltaire engraved for the one by Pierre Gabriel Langlois after Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (volume 16) and for the other one by Tardieu after Houdon and Moreau le Jeune (volume 32) 1 of Louis XIV engraved by Fosseyeux after Le Brun and Moreau le Jeune (volume 20), 1 of Louis XV engraved by Fosseyeux after Van Loo (volume 22), 1 of Charles XII engraved by Tardieu (volume 23), 1 of Pierre I engraved by Langlois after Caravaque (volume 24), 1 of Madame du Châtelet by Langlois after Marie Anne Loir (vol. 47), 1 of Count d'Argental by Fosseyeux after Defraine (vol. 52), 1 of Frederic II engraved by Langlois after Van Loo (vol. 64), 1 of Catherine II engraved by Fosseyeux (vol. 67), 1 of d'Alembert engraved by Maviez after De La Tour (vol. 68) . The portrait of Voltaire engraved by Pierre-Alexandre Tardieu after Nicolas de Largillière is missing. Bengesco cites 2 other portraits of Voltaire but they are rarely seen. - 93 compositions by Moreau le Jeune, of which 44 for the theater, 10 for La Henriade, 21 for La Pucelle, 4 for the tales in verse and 14 for the novels. At the head of the first volume is the engraved title for this series of prints, entitled "Estampes destinées à orner les éditions de M. de Voltaire" and the engraved dedication by Moreau Le Jeune to the King of Prussia. These plates by Moreau are here with the letter. According to Cohen, "This suite is one of Moreau's masterpieces and is sustained without a lapse from one end to the other for nearly a hundred compositions" (Cohen, 1042-1047). - 1 out-of-text battle plan in volume 24 devoted to the History of Russia. - 14 plates with 54 figures for the volume devoted to Physics (volume 31). Copy enriched with two portraits at the head of volume 10, of Henri IV after Janet and of Maximilien de Béthune after Pourbus. Several damaged headpieces, rubbing from use, cracks on the spine, rare wormholes. Cracking to some hinges. Missing the first box of volumes 11, 16 and 29. Title of volume 22 lined and showing small tears with two missing edges. Damage to the first cover of volumes 29 and 49. Some foxing and rare spotting.