Voltaire´s letter to J. A. Nordberg
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CHARLES XIII. (VOLTAIRE, F. M. AROUET DE). Lettre a mr. Norberg, chapelain du roy de Suede Charles XII. Auteur de l´histoire de ce monarque. Londres 1744.
8:o. (2), (1)-16 pp.
Later brown yellowish full calf, gilt border on covers, on upper cover the gilt super exlibris of Thore Virgin, inner gilt dentelles, gilt edges of covers, richly gilt spine, all edges gilt. (Bound by Riviere and Son). Bookplate of Mortimer L. Schiff.
Whz 5946. In this letter Voltaire defends himself against the severe judgement of Nordberg.
Provenance: Mortimer L. Schiff, Thore Virgin, auction I (1975) item 410.
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