![Item #852 AN ESSAY ON THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV. BY MR. DE VOLTAIRE BEING HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MR. [JOHN] LOCKMAN. François-Marie Arouet de VOLTAIRE.](https://secondwindbks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/852.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779917940)
AN ESSAY ON THE AGE OF LEWIS XIV. BY MR. DE VOLTAIRE BEING HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY MR. [JOHN] LOCKMAN.
London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate Street, 1739. First edition. Small octavo. [2],44,[2] pp. Likely disbound from a pamphlet collection with vestiges of the leather spine present; outer leaves dust soiled with occasional spots; internal pages near fine. Original price intact on title page: Price Six-Pence. One page advertisement after conclusion of the translated text.
First edition. An exceptionally scarce prospectus for Voltaire's landmark French enlightenment philosophy, "Le Siecle de Louis XIV." Voltaire's revolutionary philosophical approach that argued intellect over military might was not completed or published until 1751, making this fragile 1739 pamphlet a remarkably early standalone English translation. Near fine. Item #852
ESTC T112827.
Price: $125.00