Oeuvres Completes de Voltaire [92 Volume Set] by VOLTAIRE - 1789

[Kehl]: De l'Imprimerie de la Société Littéraire-Typographique, 1789. Kehl edition. 92 volumes. A very good set bound in late 19th-Century red half-morocco over marbled boards and endpapers, lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt. Most volumes worn in some degree at the head of the spine, corners, and hinges, where leather has dried and flaked off some volumes, and gilt top edge somewhat dull. All boards attached. An impressive, uniform and attractive set despite its signs of age and wear.. Duodecimo. 11 x 17.5 cm. Illustrated with reproductions of two engraved portraits (frontispieces) and fourteen fold-out engraved plates. Text in French. The Kehl edition, "the most complete, the most beautiful, and the best ordered which has appeared in the works of Voltaire" (Brunet). A celebrated edition of the complete works of one of the most important French Enlightenment writers. Additional postage will be required for this set.