The Works of Voltaire: Essays on literature, philosophy, art, history

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Werner, 1905
 

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TitleThe Works of Voltaire: Essays on literature, philosophy, art, history
Volume 37 of The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version ; with Notes by Tobias Smollett, Rev. and Modernized ; New Translations by William F. Fleming and an Introd. by Oliver H. G. Leigh. A Critique and Biography, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh
AuthorsVoltaire, John Morley
PublisherWerner, 1905
Original fromPrinceton University
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