A[vec]. p[rivilege]. d[u]. r[oi].

Title-page with vignette, & dedication leaf engraved.

Also issued with t.-p.: Estampes destinées à orner les editions de m. de Voltaire ... A Paris, chez l'auteur ...

Rare Book Hamilton copy: The plates of J. M. Moreau, originally intended to be kept and sold separately with an engraved title page especially designed for them, are distributed in this copy. The special title page is bound into volume 1.

Engravings designed for the large paper issue of Beaumarchais' Kehl ed. of Voltaire's works in 70 v. dated 1784 (or 1785)-89; separate sets were issued by Moreau in 10 livraisons (livr. 9 & 10, a double part.) Includes Moreau's 93 illus. & a collection of ports. by various engravers varying in number in different copies; the double plate is a "Tableau des oeuvres ..."

For descriptions of the engravings see Bengescu 2142; E. Bochar, Les graveurs françaises du xviii siècle, VI, p. 582-618; Cohen-De Ricci, col. 1042-1047; H.J. Reynaud, Notes suppl. sur les livres a gravures du xviii siècle (1955) col. 557-558.

Gift Gift of Elizabeth Peltz Hamilton