[VOLTAIRE], Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages, 1739 EO
[VOLTAIRE].
Vie de Molière avec des jugemens sur ses ouvrages.
Paris, Prault fils, 1739.
12mo (160x90 mm), (4)-120-(4) pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, spine with six gilden compartments. Binding rubbed. Corners bumped.
First edition. This Life of Molière was commissioned from Voltaire to complete the 4to edition illustrated by Boucher published in 1734 by Prault. But the bookshop censor refused Voltaire's text and published a biographical work of La Serre instead.