[MAROQUIN DE GRUEL] VOLTAIRE, Le Caffé, 1760

[VOLTAIRE].

Le Caffé ou l'Ecossaise, comédie par Mr. Hume.

Londres [Genève], [Cramer], 1760.

12mo (162x95 mm),xii-204 pages. binding : XIXth century full morocco signed by Gruel. Spine with six compartments gilded. Edge of paper gilded in head. Protective slipcase. Beautiful binding. Paper with some foxings. few tears in margins formerly repaired.

First edition.
Piece which was mainly aimed at Fréron, the literary critic and enemy of Voltaire.

Fine copy in signed morocco by Gruel.

references: Bengesco [I, 222 :"L'Ecossaise, imprimée en mai 1760, était présentée au public comme une comédie anglaise de Mr Hume, pasteur de l'Eglise d'Edimbourg, et frère du célèbre philosophe David Hume."].

provenance: Bookplate from Jean E. Leclercq.

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