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Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780709916161.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1966, 1ST EDITION THUS, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, LARGER FORMAT , VG/VG, BACK OF Dustjacket says few of 500 Authors, Blue Cloth Gold gilt Spine cvr, ORANGE TOPSTAIN, Book is mildly and uniformly age toned, securely bound (no gutter splits.) and, outside of inked signature on half title page, free of other PO markings and blemishes, and Cover is clean, outside of light rubbing on rear panel, with mild shelving bumping to the corners, headband and tail, and clear, crisp and distinct gilt lettering on the spine. Dust Jacket is unclipped, clean and bright, with some fading along the spine, mild chipping along the head and tail. 475 PGS, INDEX , His wars brought miseries to commonPoeople of Europe, Hangings , Burnings Torture on Vague Suspicion, Voltaire HAD TALENT FOR SATIRIC VERSE, Philosophy & Studied under Notorious Duc de Vendome, Grand Prior of Order of Knights Templar. Voltaire had Obsession of King that was Trifle Excessive, VOLTAIRE S FATHER WAS LAWYER TO NOBLEST HOUSES, Voltaire pretending to work in Paris as an assistant to a notary, spent much of his time writing poetry. When his father found out, he sent Voltaire to study law, His wit made him popular among some of the aristocratic families with whom he mixed, Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille Prison from 16 May 1717 to 15 April 1718 in a windowless cell with ten-foot-thick walls, He Buried Panthéon Paris, a church that was newly dedicated as a perpetual shrine.…