The works of Voltaire : a contemporary version

42 volumes : 22 cm "La vérité edition of the works of Voltaire. Of this edition there have been seven hundred copies printed ..."--Preliminary leaf "Forty-two volumes, two hundred designs, comprising reproductions of rare old engravings, steel plates, photogravures, and curious facsimiles." Includes bibliographical references and index Volume 1. Introductory and biographical -- Victor Hugo's oration -- Candide -- Poetical dissertations -- v. 2-4. Romances -- v. 5-14. A philosophical dictionary -- v. 15-19. The dramatic works of Voltaire -- v. 20-21. History of Charles XII -- v. 22-23. Age of Louis XIV -- v. 24-30. Ancient and modern history -- v. 31-32. Annals of the Empire -- v. 33. History of the war of 1741 -- v. 34-35. History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great -- v. 36. The Lisbon earthquake and other poems -- v. 37. Essays on literature, philosophy, art, history -- v. 38. The Henriade: letters and miscellanies -- v. 39. Short studies in English and American subjects -- v. 40-41. The maid of Orleans -- v. 42. A biographical critique of Voltaire / by John Morely