Contes en vers et Premiers Contes en Vers.

Préface d’Eugène Marsan. Édition illustrée de six Eaux-Fortes originates à l’aquatinte par d’Henri Lafarge. Paris : Éditions Léo Delteil, 1925. Quarto, finely bound by Riviere in half crushed Morocco over marbled papered boards, ruled in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt ornamentation and contrasting morocco title labels, some silver fishing and retouching to the boards, marbled endpapers, original wrappers bound in, pp. 100; (5), blank, illustrated with 19 original etchings and aquatints by Lafarge, tissue guards, a beautiful work. Edition limited to 302 copies, this is one of 75 copies printed on antique paper, containing the six original prints each in three states, plus an additional rejected etching in the first state.

A beautifully illustrated edition of Voltaire’s Contes en vers (Tales in Verse) and Premiers contes en vers (Early Tales in Verse), being collections of satirical, humorous, and risqué poems that reflect his philosophical critiques of society, the Catholic Church, superstition, and faith.